Phillips v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““We do not design to discuss the comparative merits of the conclusion to which the American authorities would lead us. It is now a matter of very little consequence, as it will be of rare occurrence to bring a suit upon a judgment not of one of our sister states in our state courts. Suits brought by aliens will generally be in the United States court. ... On all other judgments [other than state court judgments] we shall be under no such restraint, and between the conflicting decisions we shall feel inclined to yield to the authority of the generality of American decisions, and hold them to be only prima facie evidence of the debt.” 1 Tex. at 396-397.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 491 F. Supp. 404 - Royal Bank of Canada v. Trentham Corp.