Matter
Consorts [T] v Consorts [H] (French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, X 19-25.534)
- 5 June 2009France
5 June 2009France
Judgment of the Tribunal de grande instance de Bonneville dated 5 June 2009, corrected 2 October 2009
Tribunal de grande instance de Bonneville
- Decision summary
- The Bonneville court rejected the buyers' principal claim to annul the transfer of shares in the French real-estate company and stayed the claim to rescind that transfer pending the American court's decision.
1 year, 1 month and 7 days later · 402 days
- 12 July 2010United States
12 July 2010United States
Default judgment of the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida dated 12 July 2010
Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida
- Decision summary
- The Florida court annulled the contracts of 30 January and 18 June 2004, ordered the defendants jointly and severally to pay US$241,129.20 plus legal interest, and ordered them to transfer the shares of SCI Odillette to the buyers.
- 12 July 2010United States
12 July 2010United States
Order of the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida dated 12 July 2010
Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida
- Decision summary
- The Florida court granted the Consorts [T] application to strike the Consorts [H] pleadings.
3 months and 29 days later · 121 days
- 10 November 2010United States
10 November 2010United States
Decision of the Broward County Court, Florida dated 10 November 2010
Broward County Court, Florida
- Decision summary
- The Broward County Court rejected the defendants' motion to annul the 12 July 2010 default judgment.
1 year, 5 months and 1 day later · 518 days
- 11 April 2012United States
11 April 2012United States
Per curiam decision of the District Court of Appeal of Florida dated 11 April 2012
District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Decision summary
- The District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the orders rejecting the defendants' motion to annul the final default judgment.
4 years, 8 months and 25 days later · 1730 days
- 5 January 2017France
5 January 2017France
Case-management order of 5 January 2017
Case-management judge of the Paris Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The case-management judge stayed the appeal proceedings pending a final decision on exequatur of the American decisions.
2 years, 9 months and 17 days later · 1020 days
- 22 October 2019France
22 October 2019France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 22 October 2019
Paris Court of Appeal, Division 1, Chamber 1
- Decision summary
- The Paris Court of Appeal rejected the Consorts [T] application for exequatur of the Florida decisions.
1 year, 7 months and 18 days later · 596 days
- 9 June 2021France
9 June 2021France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber in the case X 19-25.534 dated 9 June 2021
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
- Citation
- Arrêt n° 426 F-D
- Decision summary
- The French Court of Cassation rejected the Consorts [T] appeal against the refusal to grant exequatur to the Florida decisions. It held that the French judgment rejecting annulment of the transfer of shares was incompatible with the Florida decision that also annulled that transfer, and ordered the Consorts [T] parties to pay EUR 3,000 in costs to the Consorts [H] parties.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 21 participantsMs [F] [T]
Ms [Q] [T]
Mr [I] [T]
Ms [B] [T]
Mr [P] [T]
Ms [L] [T]
Ms [Y] [T]
Ms [R] [T]
Ms [G] [T]
Ms [V] [T]
Keating Company
- Representative
- Mr [H] [J] (For: Keating Company)
Mr [N] [H]
Ms [W] [L]
Mr [T] [H]
Prosecutor General at the Paris Court of Appeal
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
Other
- Representative
- SARL Meier-Bourdeau, Lécuyer et associés (For: Consorts [T])
- Representative
- SCP Waquet, Farge et Hazan (For: Consorts [H])