CASE TITLE: INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS v. Jack GOLDEN254 NYS 2D 527, NY, Nov. 19, 1964

FACTS: Plaintiff, the owner and operator of a government-licensed gambling casino in Puerto Rico, seeks to recover before a New York Court the sum of $12,000 evidenced by defendant's check and I. O. U.s given in payment of gambling debts incurred in Puerto Rico. It is conceded that in Puerto Rico gambling has been legalized and that plaintiff's casino was duly licensed at the time defendant used its facilities.

ISSUE: Whether or not New York Courts must deny access to a party seeking to enforce obligations validly entered in Puerto Rico and enforceable under Puerto Rican law.

RULING: NO. The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled that, since these gambling debts were validly contracted in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican law provides a remedy for their enforcement, absent a clear showing that the enforcement of the causes of action here would offend our sense of justice or menace the public welfare, we may not withhold aid. We do not think that public policy forbids us to enforce these contracts. There is no strong public policy to prevent the enforcement of such contracts according to the law of the place of performance.