ATTY. GEN. OF CAN. v. GORMAN


2 Misc.3d 693 (2003)

769 N.Y.S.2d 369

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, on Behalf of HER MAJESTY, the Queen, in Right of Canada, Plaintiff, v. JILL M. GORMAN, Defendant.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County.

December 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Bray, New York City, and Seidel & Gianturco, LLP, Kew Gardens (Norman Chan of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CHARLES J. MARKEY, J.

New York, desirous of streamlining litigation for the recognition and enforcement in New York of a money judgment of a foreign country, has emphasized that its courts' reviewing role in such cases, as discussed below, is simply "ministerial." The issue of first impression raised by this case is what degree of scrutiny must the New York court employ in reviewing a motion made on default to enforce a foreign money...

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