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RSM Richter Inc. v. Aguilar (In re Ephedra Prods. Liab. Litig.)

RSM Richter Inc. v. Aguilar (In re Ephedra Prods. Liab. Litig.)

Ruling
Court may recognize and enforce foreign claims liquidation procedure that lacks trial by jury.
Procedural posture

In consolidated products liability litigation in which numerous U.S. consumers sued a Canadian company that marketed a certain diet product in the U.S., petitioner, the monitor in a Canadian insolvency proceeding, moved for an order recognizing and enforcing an order of the Canadian insolvency tribunal that approved a claims resolution procedure for all creditor claims. Respondents, four U.S. claimants, objected to the order.

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opinion summary, case decided on August 15, 2006 , LexisNexis #0906-011