Linda Lewis, n/k/a Linda Miller v. Burl Brim; Air Rescue Systems Corporation; and Brim Equipment Leasing, Inc…

Summary

The court held that foreign judgments registered in Alaska lose their enforceability when the issuing state's appellate court reverses them, requiring vacation of the Alaska registrations and restoration of the parties' pre-enforcement positions. It also held that a private oral settlement agreement, without an underlying court order, cannot support civil contempt. The court rejected the appellees' waiver argument, reversed the denial of reconsideration, vacated the Alaska judgment, and remanded for further proceedings.