Legal Opinion
Estate of Marcos Human Rights Litigation v. Estate of Marcos
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2008No. 06-16301PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to consider a novel situation involving the registration of a federal judgment. In short, the judgment was rendered in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and registered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where the prevailing plaintiff sought to enforce it against a non-party, Texas defendant. The defendant in the Texas enforcement action moved to dismiss on the ground that the judgment was not timely registered because, under Texas’s borrowing statute, the Hawai'i “statute of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Woodford v. GarceauSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Calderon v. United States District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Alisal Water Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by31 opinions
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