· 10/19/1987
Laufer v. Westminster Brokers, Ltd.
Citations
- 532 A.2d 130
- 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 469
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that extrinsic fraud “may justify non-enforcement of an otherwise valid judgment”
- stating, in the context of a defense to an enforcement action, that \the only type of fraud that may justify non-enforcement of an otherwise valid judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction ... is extrinsic fraud\
- stating, in the context of a defense to an enforcement action, that “the only type of fraud that may justify non-enforcement of an otherwise valid judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction . . . is extrinsic fraud”
- res judicata applies to claims involving alleged “fraud in the matter on which the decree was rendered” (emphasis omitted
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Judges: Belson and Terry, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Associate Judge, Retired
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