The U.S. would normally be the most hospitable court system for enforcing a foreignjudgment but Chevron has mounted simultaneous legal attacks in courts around the country to convince judges the Ecuadorean case is tainted by fraud.
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 foreignjudgment against it.