Legal Opinion
L. I. Strickland and Bernard F. Wendt v. Jack Morgan Watt and Car Parts Manufacturing Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1972No. 25818PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Several judgment creditors sought to enforce California judgments in the United States District Court in Arizona. The judgments were currently enforceable in California, which has a ten-year limitations period on judgments. C.C.P. § 337.5. However, the district court entered summary judgment for the appel-lees because of Arizona’s four-year statute of limitations on foreign judgments. A.R.S. § 12-544, subsec. 3.
1. Appellants argue that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution compels recognition of California’s longer statute of limitations. The Supreme Court has held otherwise.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hawkins v. Barney's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Ross v. RossArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- Watkins v. ConwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Corrugated Paper Products, Inc. v. Longview Fibre Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Ricardo Santana v. Holiday Inns, Inc., Gene Johnson, Randy Scheets, Bruce Faltin as Employees Holiday Inns, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Harvey v. Fearless Farris Wholesale, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- John F. Robinson, Trustee for the Francis E. Heydt Company v. Richard Cheney, Secretary, U.S. Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Eschenhagen v. ZikaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1985
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