Legal Opinion

Flame S.A. v. Industrial Carriers, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 13, 2011No. 10 Civ. 9557(LAK)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.

Flame S.A. (“Flame”) obtained a $19,907,118.36 default judgment against Industrial Carriers, Inc. (“ICI”) from the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, in London in an action for breach of four maritime forward freight swap agreements. It then brought this action under the New York version of the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act (the “Uniform Act”) 1 for an order “recognizing and confirming” the English judgment and for interest thereon. The matter is before the Court on ICI’s motion to dismiss the complaint on…

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