Legal Opinion
Victrix Steamship Co. v. Salen Dry Cargo A.B.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 1987No. 583 Docket 86-7827PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the issue whether comity considerations oblige the courts of this country to defer to a bankruptcy proceeding of another country as to the enforcement of an arbitration award and a money judgment based on maritime claims entered against the bankrupt in a third country. The issue arises on an appeal by Victrix Steamship Company, S.A. (“Vic-trix”) from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert L. Carter, Judge) vacating an attachment Victrix had obtained against funds owed to Salen Dry Cargo A.B. (“Sal-en”), a…
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