Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman

Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
Argued March 22, 1988
Decided June 15, 1988
Full case nameSun Oil Company v. Wortman
Citations486 U.S. 717 (more)
108 S. Ct. 2117; 100 L. Ed. 2d 743
Holding
The Constitution does not bar application of the forum State's statute of limitations to claims governed by the substantive law of a different State.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
MajorityScalia, joined by unanimous (Part I); Rehnquist, White, Stevens, O'Connor (Part II); Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens (Part III)
ConcurrenceBrennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun
Concur/dissentO'Connor, joined by Rehnquist
Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman, 486 U.S. 717 (1988), was a conflict of laws case decided by the United States Supreme Court.


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