Vincent De Fontbrune v. Alan Wofsy

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VINCENT SICRE DE FONTBRUNE; Nos. 19-16913

LOAN SICRE DE FONTBRUNE; ADEL 19-17024

SICRE DE FONTBRUNE; ANAIS SICRE

DE FONTBRUNE, in their capacity as D.C. No. personal representatives of the Estate 5:13-cv-05957- of YVES SICRE DE FONTBRUNE, EJD Plaintiffs-Appellants/ Cross-Appellees,

OPINION

v.

ALAN WOFSY; ALAN WOFSY &

ASSOCIATES,

Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Edward J. Davila, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed July 13, 2022 Before: Andrew D. Hurwitz and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Joan N. Ericksen, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Ericksen

SUMMARY **

Foreign Judgments

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment entered for defendants Alan Wofsy and Alan Wofsy & Associates (collectively “Wofsy”) in an action brought by Yves Sicre de Fontbrune in California state court seeking recognition of a French money judgment.

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