Legal Opinion
Najas Cortes v. Orion Securities, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 20, 2005No. 1-04-2899PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE GARCIA
delivered the opinion of the court:
On February 8, 1999, the plaintiff, José Ricardo Najas Cortés, obtained a judgment against the defendant Orion Securities, formerly known as Yorkton Securities, Inc. (Yorkton Canada), in the Eighth Civil Court of Pichincha, Ecuador. On June 28, 2004, Najas registered the judgment with the circuit court of Cook County and sought its recognition and enforcement under the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (Recognition Act) (735 ILCS 5/12 — 618 et seq. (West 2004)).
Yorkton Canada filed a motion to quash recognition of the…
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