Christoff Estate

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that foreign-country judgments are entitled to \the greatest respect and deference\ under the principles of comity
• stating that foreign-country judgments are entitled to “the greatest respect and deference” under the principles of comity
• describing a prima facie case for recognition of a foreign judgment
• an opportunity to defend against an action is a prerequisite for giving respect and deference to a foreign judgment
• applying principles of comity to recognize decree of Greek court
• the Commonwealth will decline to grant recognition to the decrees of foreign tribunals where \the process of the foreign tribunal was invoked to achieve a result contrary to our laws or public policy or to circumvent our laws or public policy\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Somportex Limited v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corporation v. Brewster, Leeds & Co., Inc. And M. S. International, Inc., Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1972-03-27· cited 244×
• Competex, S.A. (In Liquidation) v. Ronald Labow
  Second Circuit· 1986-02-12· cited 50×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Zaubi v. Zaubi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 23×
• Somportex Limited v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1970-10-02· cited 16×
• Hilkmann v. Hilkmann
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-21· cited 13×
• Drakulich v. Drakulich
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-21· cited 6×
• Hilkmann v. Hilkmann
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-01-21· cited 5×
• Eclipse Liquidity, Inc. v. Geden Holdings Limited
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-07· cited 4×
• Malika Estate
  Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1963-11-22· cited 3×
• Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-08-08· cited 2×
• Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-08-28· cited 1×
• Willis Trust
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1973-03-26
• Sumerbank v. Turkdogan
  Alleghany County Court of Common Pleas· 1972-12-28
• Havice v. Havice
  Snyder County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-01-10
• Findlay v. Findlay
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-09-09

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McQuiston's Adoption
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1913-01-06· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Doughty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-09-11· cited 15×