Legal Opinion
Dubai Petroleum Co. v. Kazi
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 2000No. 97-1068PublishedCited by 671 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEILL and Justice GONZALES joined.
We withdraw our January 6 opinion and substitute the following.
Section 71.031 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code permits suit for the personal injury or wrongful death of a citizen of a foreign country, if the decedent or injured party’s country of citizenship has “equal treaty rights” with the United States. In this wrongful death case, we hold that the “equal treaty rights” requirement is not jurisdictional and that the plaintiffs have satisfied…
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