COMPETEX, S.A. v. LABOW

No. 329, Docket 85-7605.

783 F.2d 333 (1986)

COMPETEX, S.A. (In Liquidation), Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald LABOW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Parker, New York City (David M. Levy, Olshan Grundman & Frome, New York, N.Y., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Sheldon H. Elsen, New York City (Gary H. Greenberg, Lawrence M. Solan, John B. Orenstein, Orans, Elsen & Lupert, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, NEWMAN, and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents issues concerning currency conversion in the context of enforcing a foreign judgment. Specifically, the question is whether a judgment debtor may satisfy an American judgment that was based on an English judgment by paying the amount of the English judgment in pounds. Defendant-appellant Ronald LaBow appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (John E. Sprizzo, Judge), 613 F.Supp...

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