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Article IV - States' Relations

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ARTICLE IV

STATES’ RELATIONS

CONTENTS

• Section 1. Full Faith and Credit
  • Sources and Effect of This Provision
    • Private International Law
  • Judgments: Effect to Be Given in Forum State
    • In General
    • Jurisdiction: A Prerequisite to Enforcement of Judgments
      • Judgments in Personam
      • Service on Foreign Corporations
      • Service on Nonresident Motor Vehicle Owners
      • Judgments in Rem
    • Divorce Decrees: Domicile as the Jurisdictional Prerequisite
      • Divorce Suit: In Rem or in Personam; Judicial Indecision
      • Williams I and Williams II
      • Cases Following Williams II
      • Claims for Alimony or Property in Forum State
      • Decrees Awarding Alimony, Custody of Children
      • Status of the Law
    • Other Types of Decrees
      • Probate Decrees
      • Adoption Decrees
      • Garnishment Decrees
    • Penal Judgments: Types Entitled to Recognition
    • Fraud as a Defense to Suits on Foreign Judgments
  • Recognition of Rights Based Upon Constitutions, Statutes, Common Law
    • Development of the Modern Rule
  • Transitory Actions: Death Statutes
  • Actions Upon Contract
  • Stockholder Corporation Relationship
  • Fraternal Benefit Society: Member Relationship
  • Insurance Company, Building and Loan Association: Contractual Relationship
  • Workers’ Compensation Statutes
  • Full Faith and Credit and Statutes of Limitation
  • Full Faith and Credit: Miscellany
    • Full Faith and Credit in Federal Courts
    • Evaluation of Results Under Provision
  • Scope of Powers of Congress Under Provision
  • Judgments of Foreign States
• Section 2. Interstate Comity
  • Clause 1. State Citizenship: Privileges and Immunities
    • Origin and Purpose
    • How Implemented
    • Citizens of Each State
      • Corporations
    • All Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the Several States
    • Discrimination in Private Rights
    • Access to Courts
    • Taxation
  • Clause 2. Interstate Rendition
    • Duty to Surrender Fugitives from Justice
      • Fugitive from Justice Defined
      • Procedure for Removal
      • Trial of Fugitives After Removal
  • Clause 3. Fugitives from Labor
• Section 3. Admission of New States to Union; Property of United States
  • Clause 1. Admission of New States to Union
    • Doctrine of the Equality of States
      • Judicial Proceedings Pending on Admission of New States
      • Property Rights of States to Soil Under Navigable Waters
  • Clause 2. Property of the United States
    • Property and Territory: Powers of Congress
      • Methods of Disposing of Property
      • Public Lands: Federal and State Powers Over
      • Territories: Powers of Congress Over
• Section 4. Obligations of United States to States
  • Guarantee of Republican Form of Government

Last modified: November 18, 2005