Foreign Judgments

Question 1

Mini outline – foreign judgments

Answer 1

(1) sister state judgments
(2) foreign country judgments

Question 2

Treatment of sister state judgment

Answer 2

A judgment from the courts of one state must be given full force in the courts of another state if it was a final judgment on the merits

Question 3

Non-final sister judgment

Answer 3

Judgment is NOT final if it could be modified in the rendering state

Question 4

Refusing to enforce sister state judgments

Answer 4

A forum court CANNOT refuse to enforce final judgments on the merits issued by a sister state on the ground that:
* The forum state is interested in the outcome
* The judgment was wrongly rendered, or
* The judgment is contrary to the strong public policy of the forum state

Question 5

Treatment of judgments of foreign country

Answer 5

State courts generally won’t enforce judgments from foreign nations if that proceeding didn’t meet norms of procedural fairness