Legal Opinion
Nastro v. D'Onofrio
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 20, 2003No. AC 22941PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The full faith and credit clause of the United States constitution “requires a state court to accord to the judgment of another state the same credit, validity and effect as the state that rendered the judgment would give it.” Packer Plastics, Inc. v. Laundon, 214 Conn. 52, 56, 570 A.2d 687 (1990). In accordance with this federal mandate, our legislature enacted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, General Statutes § 52-604 et seq. (foreign judgments act), *815which permits an out-of-state judgment that has been filed here to be enforced in the same manner as an…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Wisconsin v. Pelican InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Fauntleroy v. LumSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Rudy's Limousine Service, Inc. v. Department of TransportationConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- Autotote Enterprises, Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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