Tropp v. Corporation of Lloyd’s

Disclosure: Goldstein, Howe & Russell represents the petitioner in this case, which is listed without regard to the likelihood that it will be granted.

Issue: 1) Is the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act, as applied by New York and other jurisdictions, consistent with the requirements of the Due Process Clause? 2) Under what circumstances is a forum selection clause in an international contract rendered unenforceable in federal court due to limitations on the availability of a remedy in the foreign forum selected?

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (2d Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Amicus brief of Jeremy McBride
• Amicus brief of the American Names Association
• Amicus brief of Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. et al.
• Petitioner's reply