MONKS OWN, LTD. v. MONASTERY OF CHRIST

No. 29,973.

168 P.3d 121 (2007)

2007-NMSC-054

MONKS OWN, LIMITED, and St. Benedictine Biscop Benedictine Corporation, Plaintiffs-Respondents and Cross-Petitioners, v. MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN the DESERT, Defendant-Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Skeen, Law Office of Carla Skeen, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Robert E. Tangora, Robert E. Tangora, L.L.C., B. Cullen Hallmark Jr., Garber & Hallmark, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents and Cross-Petitioners.


OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} In this case we are asked to examine the New Mexico Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (the UFMJRA). NMSA 1978, §§ 39-4B-1 to -9 (1991). Specifically, we address whether New Mexico courts apply New Mexico or Canadian law to determine if the Canadian court had personal jurisdiction over the New Mexico party when it entered a judgment against that party. In other words, we are asked to determine...

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