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COGHILL v. BOARDWALK REGENCY CORP.

Record No. 891525.

396 S.E.2d 838 (1990)

Thomas COGHILL v. BOARDWALK REGENCY CORPORATION, t/a Caesars.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory K. Pugh (Moody E. Stallings, Jr.; Stallings, Richardson & Rawls, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

George H. Heilig, Jr., Norfolk (Debra L. Mosley; Portsmouth, Heilig, McKenry, Fraim and Lollar, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

RUSSELL, Justice.

In a Virginia court, enforcement of a valid foreign judgment based upon a gambling debt was opposed on public-policy grounds. The court ruled that the mandate of the Full Faith and Credit Clause and its implementing statutes1 prevailed over Virginia's strongly-expressed policy which prohibits the enforcement of gambling debts. The court entered a domestic judgment against the debtor. We agree with the trial court's analysis...

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