In re Levine

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley L. Sklar, J.

This application raises issues concerning the enforcement by our courts of letters rogatory issued by a foreign nation. We must consider the ex parte issuance of the letters, their scope, and a question of evident first impression under the CPLR, what proceedings are necessary in the foreign nation to justify their acceptance in our State?

The movant, Julio Joison, a citizen of Argentina, seeks an order vacating the order of a Justice of this court which appointed Laurence Levine commissioner to take testimony from various New York banks pursuant to…