21.   Mullin obtained a court judgment against Gotham but Rofe still refused to return the money.

22.   Now, the Columbia University study of state court judgments around the nation was extremely provocative.

23.   Over that time period, hundreds of priests have resigned and hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in court judgments and secret out-of-court settlements.

24.   Romak won a court judgment in Britain, but Uzbekistan has refused to honor it, saying it had fulfilled the contract by paying a local company.

25.   Shareholders cannot sue corporate officers and directors, as they can in the United States, and Bermuda does not enforce US court judgments against its companies.

26.   State officials disagree, citing a legal principle they say protects the state from such court judgments.

27.   Such filings also posed a threat to the finality of state court judgments and to principles of comity and federalism.

28.   The Act thus directs all courts to treat a state court judgment with the same respect that it would receive in the courts of the rendering state.

29.   The cap could help stabilize tobacco companies if they face gigantic court judgments.

30.   The company has denied the allegations but has paid millions of dollars in fines, settlements and court judgments.