Colonial Bank v. Worms

OPINION AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Colonial Bank commenced this action on March 25,1982, to enforce a judgment rendered against defendant Martijn L. Worms by the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, Commercial Court (1981 C. No. 7741), on February 5,1982, for the sum of $541,331.63 together with interest from the date of judgment at the rate of 15% per annum. Defendant alleges that the judgment should not be enforced because the procedure followed by the English court was so unfair to defendant as to amount to a denial of due process and because the English court was a…