Legal Opinion
Bechtel Corp. v. Western Contracting Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 21, 1987No. 86-1278PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
In this appeal we determine whether a judgment in an out-of-state federal district court may be registered as a “foreign judgment” in an Iowa district court under Iowa Code chapter 626A (1985), the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. The district court held that “foreign judgment” does not refer to federal court judgments and refused to allow registration. We disagree and reverse.
On January 24, 1986, in federal district court in Maryland, Bechtel Corporation and Baltimore Gas & Electric Company received a judgment of more than $3,000,000 against Western Contracting…
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