517 F. Supp. 614 - Ackerman v. Ackerman’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “At a minimum, New York requires a formal decision rendered in a controversy where the parties have been given notice of the proceedings with an opportunity to be heard; the exercise of discretion or judgment; and something more than merely “the act of the law, invoked by the parties, in executing [their] agreement.” Id. at 230 , 303 N.Y.S.2d at 391 , 250 N.E.2d at 481 . In short, New York has adopted as the definition of “judgment” “the determination ... pronounced by a competent judge or court, as the result of an action or proceeding instituted in such court, affirming that, upon the matters submitted for its decision, a legal liability does or does not exist.” Id.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ackerman v. Ackerman · Frances Ackerman v. Martin S. Ackerman

2. “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every other State.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 978 F. Supp. 848 - Van Den Biggelaar v. Wagner · Ackerman v. S Ackerman

3. “Table of Decisions Without Reported Opinions” appearing in the Federal Reporter. The Second Circuit provides by rule that oral opinions or summary orders are not citable as precedent. See Second Circuit Local Rules § 0.23. 6 . For a criticism of the last-in-time rule see Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s article entitled “Judgments in Search of Full Faith and Credit: The Last in Time Rule for Conflicting Judgments,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Gates