Society of Lloyd's v. Siemon-Netto
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
457 F.3d 94 (2006)
Lloyd's (plaintiff) member Netto (defendant) failed to pay insurance premiums required under a reconstruction plan that Lloyd's Council had signed on members' behalf pursuant to authority Netto granted when signing the general-undertaking agreement, and Lloyd's won a breach-of-contract judgment against Netto in an English court; when Lloyd's sought to enforce that judgment in U.S. federal court under the FMJRA, Netto argued recognition should be denied because he never personally signed the reconstruction plan, Lloyd's bylaws violated English law, and Parliament illegally delegated governmental authority to Lloyd's.
Whether a court will enforce a foreign judgment under the Uniform Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act if the underlying cause of action is repugnant to public policy.