Legal Opinion
Fiore v. Oakwood Plaza Shopping Center, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 23, 1991PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
Judgments by confession, recognized both as "the loosest way of binding a man’s property that ever was devised in any civilized country” (Alderman v Diament, 7 NJL 197, 198) and as devices that "serve a proper and useful purpose in the commercial world” (Overmyer Co. v Frick Co., 405 US 174, 188), in this State have been strictly limited by the Legislature (see, CPLR 3218). The present case calls upon us to determine whether a Pennsylvania cognovit judgment, obtained under that State’s laws, should be given full faith and credit here (see, US Const, art IV, § 1; 28…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Metzger v. . &198tna Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Isbell v. County of SonomaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Atlas Credit Corp. v. EzrineNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Ennis-Short v. OstapeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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