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AHMAD HAMAD AL GOSAIBI v. STANDARD CHARTER

Nos. 13-CV-660, 13-CV-1415.

98 A.3d 998 (2014)

AHMAD HAMAD AL GOSAIBI & BROTHERS COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Leimkuhler , with whom Eric L. Lewis and A. Katherine Toomey , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellants.

Christopher T. Handman , with whom Edward C. Dolan , Khang V. Tran , Washington, DC, and Marc J. Gottridge were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and REID, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

The Constitution of the United States and 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (2012) require states of the Union to give full faith and credit to judgments rendered by other states. By contrast, judgments rendered in foreign countries are not entitled to full faith and credit, but they may be recognized by individual states as a matter of comity. The question presented in this case, an issue of first impression for us, is whether a New York judgment that...

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