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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 3/21/2001

Lenchyshyn v. Pelko Electric, Inc.

Citations

  • 281 A.D.2d 42
  • 723 N.Y.S.2d 285

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that assets are not immune from execution or restraint simply because a judgment debtor absents himself from the state
  • holding that “the judgment debtor need not be subject to personal jurisdiction in New York” and that the Due Process Clause does not require “that the New York Court have a jurisdictional basis for proceeding against [the] judgment debtor”
  • concluding that “a party seeking recognition in New York of a foreign money judgment (whether of a sister state or a foreign country) need not establish a basis for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the judgment debtor by the New York courts”
  • stating that court in which judgment creditor files judgment under New York version of Uniform Act need not be able to exercise in personam jurisdiction over the judgment debtors and collecting cases from many other states
  • after court recognizes foreign country judgment and converts it to local judgment, judgment creditor might pursue in personam or in rem enforcement devices
  • after court recognizes foreign country judgment and converts it to local judgment, judgment creditor might pursue in personam or in rem enforcement devices

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Judges: Kehoe

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