Court of Appeals of New York
Byblos Bank Europe, S.A. v. Sekerbank Turk Anonym Syrketi, 39
In a judgment enforcement proceeding, judgment below is affirmed where the Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion under CPLR 5304(b)(5) in denying the recognition of a Belgian judgment which: 1) disregarded and conflicted with a previously rendered Turkish judgment; and 2) in doing so, departed from the generally-accepted principles of res judicata and comity.
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- Decided 03/20/2008
- Published 03/20/2008
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- Court of Appeals of New York