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PERKINS v. CLARK EQUIPMENT CO., MELROSE DIV.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1987) | 823 F.2d 207
TL;DR: In a diversity suit, a federal court predicted North Dakota would treat its statute of limitations as substantive, not procedural. Applying a "most significant contacts" test, it chose Iowa's shorter statute of limitations, barring the plaintiff's claim.
Legal Significance: This case exemplifies the modern jurisprudential shift away from characterizing statutes of limitations as purely procedural for choice-of-law purposes, instead favoring a substantive analysis under the "most significant contacts" approach.