Domestication of foreign judgments terminology: Foreign out-of-state judgment | recognition of foreign judgments | full faith and credit clause | Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act UEFJA | Notice of filing of foreign judgment | Validity and enforceability of judgment from another jurisdiction | Does judgment debtor have to have assets in state as a prerequisite of domestication of foreign judgment? Haaksman v. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda), Ltd. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 24, 2008)(Anderson) (domestication of foreign money judgment, personal jurisdiction over debtor) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Anderson Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost 14-06-00477-CV Suzanne Elisabeth Haaksman (as beneficiary of Robert Duncan Burn Quinn) and Thomas Joseph McCartney v. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda), LTD. Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Reese Rondon When is a foreign judgment valid and enforceable, when not? BancorpSouth Bank v. Prevot (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 22, 2008)(Subst. op. by Seymore) (foreign judgment enforceable in Texas, UEFJA, jurisdiction in Texas) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Seymore REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Seymore Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore 14-06-00302-CV BancorpSouth Bank f/k/a Bank of Mississippi v. Albert Prevot Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Levi James Benton Bancorp South Bank v. Prevot (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 26, 2008)(First, superseded opinion by Justice Seymore) (domestication and enforcement of foreign judgments, UEFJA) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Seymore Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore 14-06-00302-CV BancorpSouth Bank f/k/a Bank of Mississippi v. Albert Prevot Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County (Judge Levi Benton) Should default judgment resulting from death penalty sanctions in another state be recognized and enforce in Texas? Enviropower LLC v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. (Tex. App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 21, 2008)(Hanks) (domestication and enforcement of foreign judgment, exception, death penalty sanctions leading to default judgment) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Hanks Before Justices Taft, Keyes and Hanks 01-04-01111-CV Enviropower, L.L.C. v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. Appeal from 164th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Martha Hill Jamison) Haaksman v. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda), Ltd (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Anderson) (foreign judgment, domestication, in personam jurisdiction) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Anderson Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost 14-06-00477-CV Suzanne Elisabeth Haaksman (as beneficiary of Robert Duncan Burn Quinn) and Thomas Joseph McCartney v. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda), LTD. Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Reese Rondon) Resource Health Services v. Acucare Health Strategies (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Frost)(domestication and enforcement of foreign judgment, no judgment attached, DWOJ) DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Frost Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost 14-06-00849-CV Resource Health Services, Inc. v. Acucare Health Strategies, Inc. Appeal from 269th District Court of Harris County (Hon. John Thomas Wooldridge) Studebaker Worthington Leasing Corp. v. Texas Shutters Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 30, 2007)(Edelman)(enforcement of foreign judgment, collateral attack) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Edelman Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00685-CV Studebaker Worthington Leasing Corp. v. Texas Shutters Corp. and Jesus Figueroa a/k/a Jesse Figueroa Appeal from 127th District Court of Harris County (Name of judge not shown) |
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