alt Hacker NewsThat seems like a meaningless distinction. If you can't have a case heard by a state court, then that state's laws can't be applied, by definition.
That seems like a meaningless distinction. If you can't have a case heard by a state court, then that state's laws can't be applied, by definition.
That is not true. State courts can apply foreign state laws, and federal courts can apply any state’s laws.