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SUPREME COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE DISMISSED AN ACTION TO ENFORCE A MONEY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ON THE IMPLICIT GROUND THE DEFENDANTS WERE NOT AFFORDED DUE PROCESS IN THE PRC; THE US STATE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS UPON WHICH SUPREME COURT’S RULING WAS BASED DO NOT CONSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE; THE COMPLAINT SUFFICIENTLY ALLEGED DEFENDANTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, WERE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL IN THE PRC ACTION (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the complaint sufficiently alleged that the money judgment obtained by plaintiff in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) comported with the principles of due process. The complaint alleged the defendants had an opportunity to be heard, were represented by counsel, and had a right to appeal the underlying proceeding in the PRC. Plaintiff’s action to enforce the foreign judgment should not have been dismissed based upon US State Department reports alleging a lack of judicial independence in the PRC:

The court should not have dismissed the action on the ground that the U.S. State Department’s 2018 and 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (Country Reports) conclusively refuted plaintiff’s allegation that the PRC judgment was rendered under a system that comported with the requirements of due process. The Country Reports do not constitute “documentary evidence” under CPLR 3211(a)(1) … . In any event, the reports, which primarily discuss the lack of judicial independence in proceedings involving politically sensitive matters, do not utterly refute plaintiff’s allegation that the civil law system governing this breach of contract business dispute was fair. Shanghai Yongrun Inv. Mgt. Co., Ltd v Maodong Xu, 2022 NY Slip Op 01523, First Dept 3-10-22

Practice Point: Plaintiff obtained a money judgment in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and sought to enforce it in New York. The complaint should not have been dismissed based upon US State Department reports alleging a lack of judicial independence in the PRC. The reports are not “documentary evidence” and the complaint adequately alleged defendants were afforded due process in the PRC.

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