Professor Florey Comments for Daily Journal on Supreme Court Case

Professor Katherine Florey commented for the Daily Journal on a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding whether or not states must hear lawsuits filed by citizens of other states. 

In a dispute involving the California Franchise Tax Board and a former California resident now residing in Nevada, the Court failed to overturn a previous decision holding that states had sovereign immunity from lawsuits filed against them in another state's court, but held that the Nevada Supreme Court violated the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution in awarding a larger judgment against the California Franchise Tax Board than it would have allowed if someone had sued Nevada's tax agency. 

"The Full Faith and Credit holding seems to be a hastily devised almost out-of-nowhere compromise," Florey said, adding that the decision seemed "like a compromise solution" designed to "make sure the consequences for California weren't so dire."

Katherine Florey is a Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law whose scholarship focuses on federal Indian law, choice of law, and civil procedure.