Legal Opinion
Menorah Insurance v. INX Reinsurance Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 26, 1995No. 95-1495, 95-1497PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
After unsuccessfully attempting to invoke arbitration under international business contracts, Menorah Insurance Company obtained an $812,907 default judgment in an Israeli court against INX Reinsurance Corporation and then sought to enforce the judgment in a Puerto Rican court. After waiting a year, and on the eve of having an exequa-tur judgment entered against it, INX removed the action to the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Ar-bitral Awards, implemented in 9 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (1994). 1 The…
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