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Love Affairs and Long-Arm Statutes

The tentacles from the seven states recognizing the tort of alienation of affection continue their broad reach throughout the 50 states.

11 minute read June 28, 2011 at 02:00 PM
By
William R. Wright
Love Affairs and Long-Arm Statutes

On Jan. 6, 2011, the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed Knight v. Woodfield, an alienation of affection case involving an affair between a married woman in Mississippi and a man who lived in Louisiana.

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