Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Republic of Cuba
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 28, 2010No. Case 10-20611-CIVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON WRITS OF GARNISHMENT
FEDERICO A. MORENO, District Judge.
The Court is asked to determine the validity of eight writs of garnishment issued by a Florida state court stemming from a $27 million default judgment obtained by the Plaintiff against the Cuban government in 2001. The Garnishees are South Florida companies that charter flights to Cuba. They removed the state court garnishment action and argue that the writs are invalid for multiple reasons. The Plaintiff, Ana Margarita Martinez, is the ex-wife of Pablo Roque, a Cuban spy. She claims that, after approximately three years of…
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