LAWRENCE D. SMITH, J.S.C.
The essential issue addressed in this opinion is whether the "penal exception" to the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution precludes enforcement of a series of New York judgements which imposed substantial sanctions on defendants for contempt of court based on their failure to comply with an earlier judgement. For the reasons expressed herein, I find the sanctions involved, because they were intended to be coercive...
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