Legal Opinion
Hyundai Corp. v. Republic of Iraq
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 28, 2005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Marlow, J.
We are asked on this appeal to decide whether the doctrine of federal preemption applies to a motion to vacate a default judgment where movant is a foreign sovereignty. In this appeal, plaintiff caused a default judgment to be entered against defendant Central Bank of Iraq pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (28 USC § 1602 et seq.), which is the mandatory procedural vehicle to obtain a default judgment against a foreign sovereignty in either state or federal court. In this case, defendant Bank argues that the more liberal federal rules of procedure…
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