Frederick H. Quarles v. Hugh O. Miller Lawrence W. Burks

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a final state court judgment obtained by a foreign corporation is void and thus subject to collateral attack because the corporation transacted business in Virginia without the certificate of authority required by state law. The bankruptcy court found, and the district court upheld the finding, that the final state court judgment was not for this reason subject to collateral attack as void. We affirm.

I

In 1986, Hugh 0. Miller, as vice president of Colonial Electric Company, executed a contract in…