Judges in the U.S. will reject a foreign judgment achieved through a process not to their liking.
The U.S. would normally be the most hospitable court system for enforcing a foreign judgment but Chevron has mounted simultaneous legal attacks in courts around the country to convince judges the Ecuadorean case is tainted by fraud.
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Brown expressed some puzzlement that the plaintiffs had hinged their strategy on trying to convince an Ontario court to seize the assets of a Canadian corporation with few operations in the province, based on the fact that it is owned by a U.S. corporation with a foreign judgment against it.
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Joschka Fischer, the Green Party's foreign minister, lacks political judgment because he once proposed the wrong man for a job.
Judgment creditor plaintiffs generally do not throw good money after bad by going around seeking to enforce their foreign judgments in jurisdictions in which their judgment debtors do not have assets.
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As always, however, the 109th Congress had its share of representatives in both chambers whose voting record demonstrate a disconcerting lack of judgment on defense and foreign policy issues.
"Foreign policy expertise depends on patience and judgment, " Dean said in Nashua.
Of course, most states are likely to decide, for many of the same reasons that motivated the Supreme Court in Kiobel, that it would be inappropriate for them to stand in judgment of events that took place in foreign countries.
But in July, Biden said he would choose Obama's judgment over McCain's war record and foreign policy experience.
Let me say that, in my judgment, having spent 13 years on the Foreign Relations Committee, this was a sad moment for the committee and a sad moment for the United States Senate.
"We accepted the judgment, " says Hisahiko Okazaki, a former senior Foreign Ministry official.
Despite the initial doubts, many foreign investors and analysts will wait to see some results before passing final judgment.
Chevron's activities in Angola -- which run counter to U.S. foreign policy objectives -- do not inspire confidence in this company's judgment or its concern about the national interest.
Having stood watch in the dark and the cold and travelled through convoys surrounded by foreign nationals, any of whom may want to attack us, I can attest to the difficulty of judgment calls.
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