Legal Opinion
State of Maryland Central Collection Unit v. Board of Regents for Education
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 23, 1987No. 86-27-APublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal from an order entered in the Superior Court granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff's suit to enforce a foreign judgment on the ground that the defendant was not subject to the jurisdiction of the out-of-state court. We reverse. The facts pertinent to the plaintiff’s appeal are as follows.
On October 26, 1976, the University of Rhode Island (Rhode Island) and the University of Maryland (Maryland) entered into a contract, whereby Maryland agreed that its Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies (CEES) would…
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