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021323P.pdf   02/11/2003  Terrence Washburn  v.  The Soper Law Firm
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-1323
   Southern District of Iowa   
   Civil case - torts. District court did not err in finding Iowa 
   courts would adopt the 1998 revisions to Section 142 of 
   the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws; applying 
   this standard, the district court did not err in determining 
   Illinois had the more significant relationship with the parties 
   and the occurrence and that Illinois's two-year statute of 
   limitations should apply to the plaintiff's legal malpractice 
   claims; applying the Illinois statute, the claims were 
   time-barred because the plaintiffs knew or reasonably 
   should have known of their claims more than two years 
   before this action was filed.