STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS v. MD HELICOPTERS

No. CV-20-0112-PR.

478 P.3d 230 (2020)

The STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. MD HELICOPTERS, INC., Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed December 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Berger (argued), King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY; Daniel G. Dowd , Cindy C. Albracht-Crogan , Stacey F. Gottlieb , Kevin C. Moyer , Cohen Dowd Quigley P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for The State of the Netherlands.

Karl M. Tilleman (argued), Erin Bradham , Douglas D. Janicik , Dentons US LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for MD Helicopters, Inc.

C. Bradley Vynalek , Brian A. Howie , Lauren Elliot Stine , Daniel G. Roberts , Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Bankers Association and Canada Arizona Business Council.

VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER authored the opinion of the Court, in which JUSTICES GOULD, LOPEZ, BEENE, and JUDGE EPPICH joined. JUSTICE MONTGOMERY authored a dissenting opinion in which JUSTICE BOLICK joined.


¶1 Arizona's version of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, A.R.S. §§ 12-3251 to -3254 ("Act"), authorizes courts to recognize judgments originating from a foreign country with a "reciprocal law" that is "similar" to the Act. § 12-3252(B)(2). We are asked...

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