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· 9/2/1992

Biogen Distributors, Inc. v. Tanner

Citations

  • 842 S.W.2d 253
  • 1992 Tenn. App. LEXIS 751

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that judgment debtor’s claim of insufficient minimum contacts was irrelevant since he failed to raise issue of personal jurisdiction in answer filed in forum state
  • “The two most common circumstances when courts will refuse to give full faith and credit to a foreign judgment are when the court entering the foreign judgment had no personal or subject matter jurisdiction.”
  • “Parties seeking to undermine the validity of a foreign judgment . . . must demonstrate that the foreign court did not acquire jurisdiction under the law of the state where the judgment was obtained.”

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Judges: Koch, Todd, Cantrell

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