Overseas Development Bank v. Nothmann - Court of Appeals of New York (Wachtler C.J. and Jasen, Meyer, Simons, Kaye and Alexander J.J.) - 19 March 1985

Enforcing English judgments in America

In LMLN 136, 17 January 1985, the Appellate Division refused to allow the enforcement in America of judgments obtained against the defendants in the Queen’s Bench Division in England in 1975. The reason for the Appellate Division’s refusal was that the judgments had to be “final, conclusive and enforceable” in England within the meaning of section 5302 of the CPLR before they could be enforced in America.