Legal Opinion
Bridgeway Corp. v. Citibank
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 30, 1999No. 97 Civ. 8884 DCPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiff Bridgeway Corporation (“Bridgeway”) seeks to enforce a $189,376.66 judgment rendered in its favor by the Supreme Court of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia (the “Liberian Judgment”) against defendant Citibank d/b/a Citicorp, N.A. (“Citibank”). 1 For the reasons set forth below, Bridgeway’s motion for summary judgment is denied. Furthermore, because I find that the Liberian Judgment is unenforceable as a matter of law, summary judgment shall be entered in favor of Citibank.
BACKGROUND
I provide summaries of (a) Liberia’s government, its recent civil…
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