Milliken v. Meyer

Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457 (1940), was a U.S. legal case in which both parties were residents of Wyoming. However, the defendant, Meyer, at the time of the suit was served personally in Colorado. In the subsequent trial he collaterally challenged the ruling in WY citing the court's previous holding in Pennoyer v Neff. The U.S. Supreme Court found that individuals can be sued in the state of their domicile for all claims.[1]

Milliken v. Meyer
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 13, 1940 Decided December 23, 1940
Full case name	Milliken, et al. v. Meyer, Administratrix
Citations	311 U.S. 457 (more) 61 S. Ct. 339; 85 L. Ed. 278; 1940 U.S. LEXIS 2; 132 A.L.R. 1357
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Case opinion
Majority	Douglas, joined by unanimous

References

1. Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 1940.

External links

• Text of Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457 (1940) is available from:  Justia  Library of Congress