United States Seventh Circuit

Foreign judgments are enforceable under the Illinois Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, and the holder of such a judgment is not required to bring a recognition proceeding under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Money-Judgments Act to enforce it.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2000
• Published 11/28/2000

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Hannafan (argued), Hannafan & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Theodore William Grippo, Jr. (argued), Lindenbaum, Coffmen, Kurlander, Brisky & Hayes, Robert W. Bennett, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in Nos. 99-3195, 00-1066, 00-1371, 00-1430 and 00-1702., Theodore William Grippo, Jr., Lindenbaum, Coffmen, Kurlander, Brisky & Hayes, Robert W. Bennett (argued), Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in No. 99-4064.