Legal Opinion
Morgenthau v. Avion Resources Ltd.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2008PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
In this civil forfeiture action, we are asked to determine whether service of process pursuant to CPLR 313 on defendants in a foreign country is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction or whether one must additionally satisfy the service requirements of that foreign locale. Because compliance with CPLR 313 alone constitutes proper service upon foreign defendants where, as here, no treaties or international agreements supplant New York’s service requirements, and because principles of international comity do not mandate a different result, service was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Alberto Kreimerman v. Casa Veerkamp, S.A. De C.V.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Dobkin v. ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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