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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. COHEN

11 N.Y.2d 401 (1962)

City of Philadelphia, Appellant, v. Ralph Cohen, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mortimer B. Wolf (David Berger, City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia, and Shirley Fingerhood of counsel), for appellant.

Lewis J. Mendelson, John L. Freeman and Donald M. Landis for respondent.

Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel (Stanley Buchsbaum, Morris L. Heath and Charles Himmelman of counsel), for City of New York, amicus curiæ.

Judges DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judge FULD dissents in a separate opinion.

Chief Judge DESMOND.

We have for decision a question not previously answered by this court or, apparently, by any Federal appellate court or State court of last resort: does the full faith and credit requirement of the Federal Constitution (art. IV, § 1) require the courts of a State to entertain an action brought to enforce a defendant's alleged liability, not reduced

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