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Fla. Stat. § 55.601 (2025)
Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act; short title.
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Cited in 23
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: Osorio v. Dole Food Co., 665 F. Supp. 2d 1307 (S.D. Fla. 2009).
Osorio v. Dole Food Co., 665 F. Supp. 2d 1307 (S.D. Fla. 2009). “Fla. Stat. §§ 55.601-55.607 (2009). Plaintiffs are 150 Nicaraguan citizens alleged to have worked on banana plantations in Nicaragua between 1970 and 1982, during which time they were exposed to the chemical compound dibromochloropropane (DBCP).”
Otto's Heirs v. Kramer, 797 So. 2d 594 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). “For this reason, the Swiss judgment may not be enforced under § 55.601 Fla. Stat. (2000), at this time.”
Kramer v. Von Mitschke-Collande, 5 So. 3d 689 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). “Under Swiss law, the filing of a notice of appeal and the posting of a cost bond, which in this case was approximately a half million dollars, is all that is required to stay the enforcement of a judgment.”
HRCC, Ltd. v. Hard Rock Cafe Int'l (Usa), Inc., 302 F. Supp. 3d 1319 (M.D. Fla. 2016). “In their counterclaim, Defendants seek recognition under the Florida Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign-Money Judgment Recognition Act, Fla. Stat. §§ 55.601 -.607, of two judgments issued in the Royal Court of Jersey.”
Nadd v. Le Credit Lyonnais, SA, 804 So. 2d 1226 (Fla. 2001). “See *1229 § 55.601(3), Fla. Stat. If no objections are filed within thirty days, the clerk of court files a statement stating that fact.”
Jiangsu Hongyuan Pharm. Co. v. DI Global Logistics Inc., 159 F. Supp. 3d 1316 (S.D. Fla. 2016). “…Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act exists to govern that exact factual scenario. See Fla. Stat. § 55.601-607 .”
New York State Dept. of Taxation v. Patafio, 829 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). “509, Florida Statutes (2001), because NYS did not bring its action under this Act. [3] 72.041.”
Armadillo Distrib. Enter., Inc. v. Hai Yun Musical Instruments Manufacture Co., 142 F. Supp. 3d 1245 (M.D. Fla. 2015). “Hai Yun also asserted counterclaims for breach of contract (Count I) and domestication of an out-of-country foreign money judgment, pursuant to Fla. Stat. §§ 55.601 , et seq. (Count II).”
Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1357 (S.D. Fla. 2003). “3 Because this Court’s jurisdiction over the claims in the Complaint is based on diversity of citizenship, (see Complaint ¶ 4), Florida law governs whether this Court should give effect to the Dominican Republic sentence. 4 Florida’s version of the Uniform Out-of-Country…”
Garnac Grain Co., Inc. v. Mejia, 962 So. 2d 408 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). “(2006). The Olivareses did not follow these procedures to seek court recognition of the Venezuelan judgment because they mistakenly characterized the proceedings as "pending" for the purposes of affording comity, rather than "final" for the purposes of seeking to bar Garnac's…”
Chabert v. Bacquie, 694 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). “NOTES [1] §§ 55.601-55.607, Fla.Stat. (1995). [2] The papers in the record do not spell Bacquié's surname consistently.”
Iannazzo v. Stanson, 927 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). “See §§ 55.601-.607, Fla. Stat. (2005). The Recognition Act applies to judgments by a foreign state, meaning any governmental unit other than the United States or a state therein.”
— 55.601(3) — 2 cases
Nadd v. Le Credit Lyonnais, SA, 804 So. 2d 1226 (Fla. 2001). “See *1229 § 55.601(3), Fla. Stat. If no objections are filed within thirty days, the clerk of court files a statement stating that fact.”
F.V. de Araujo S.A. Madeiras, Agricultora, Industria e Comercio v. Dantzler Lumber & Exp. Co. (Fla. 3d DCA 2024).
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