Legal Opinion

Fleet Business Credit, LLC v. Michael P. Costelloe, Inc.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided January 15, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*30OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed without costs.

In this action to enforce a Michigan judgment entered on default, defendant pleaded two affirmative defenses. Defendant’s first affirmative defense was twofold: (1) that the Michigan court did not have personal jurisdiction in the underlying action because defendant is not a citizen of Michigan nor has it ever done business in Michigan, and (2) that the Michigan court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. The second affirmative defense alleged that the lease agreement plaintiff sued to enforce in the Michigan…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Fiore v. Oakwood Plaza Shopping Center, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. Glass Contractors, Inc. v. Target Supply & Display, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1992

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bedford Medical Care, P.C. v. Encompass InsuranceCivil Court of the City of New York · 2011

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