JAFFE v. ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY CO., INC.

No. 01-1628.

294 F.3d 584 (2002)

Sidney L. JAFFE; Ruth Jaffe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. Center for Constitutional Rights, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Harold M. Jaffe, Oakland, California, for Appellants. Michael Lee Sturm, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: David Barger, Kilpatrick Stockton, Reston, Virginia, for Appellants. Fred F. Fielding, Leslie D. Fetter, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Jennifer Green, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; William J. Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, for Amicus Curiae.

Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed in part and certified in part by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge GREGORY joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, Sidney Jaffe and his wife, Ruth Jaffe, Canadian citizens now living in Mexico, seek recognition of two default judgments — one in favor of Sidney Jaffe and one in favor of Ruth Jaffe. A Canadian court entered the default judgments...

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