Whispering Oaks Residential Care Facility LLC, et al. v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, et al.

In a liability-insurance-coverage dispute brought in the California state court, all events giving rise to the dispute occurred in Missouri and California served solely as the forum. The insurer moved for summary judgment invoking California law exclusively. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer. The California Court of Appeal affirmed, citing certain Missouri authorities but applying California law. The question presented is: Whether a forum state’s application of its own substantive law to a dispute wholly remote from the forum violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and/or the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.