CIBC MELLON CO. v. MORA HOTEL


296 A.D.2d 81 (2002)

743 N.Y.S.2d 408

CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY et al., Respondents, v. MORA HOTEL CORPORATION N.V. et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon P. Gold of counsel (Bart Schectman, Karen E. Clarke and Karen D. Coombs on the brief; Proskauer Rose LLP, attorneys), for respondents.

Gideon Cashman of counsel (Jamie M. Brickell, Lisa M. Buckley and Benjamin K. Semel on the brief; Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, attorneys), for appellants.

NARDELLI, J.P., ROSENBERGER, ELLERIN and LERNER, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SAXE, J.

This appeal requires this Court to consider what circumstances are sufficient to grant recognition and enforcement of a money judgment issued by an English court, where the defendants are Netherlands Antilles corporations doing business in New York that maintained no presence in England and appeared only for the purpose of contesting personal jurisdiction.

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