ABC Drilling Co., Inc. v. Hughes Group

At issue is the correctness of the trial court’s refusal to vacate a default judgment in § 1031 proceedings.1 The judgment under challenge was against an Arizona corporation — unlicensed in this state. Its suability in Oklahoma for the liability sought to be imposed was predicated on a single transaction alleged to have the constitutionally requisite “minimum contacts” with the state. Our opinion condemns as falling short of the fundamental law’s mandate both our statute 2 and the process pursuant to which the foreign defendant was haled *770into court. While I fully concur in this appraisal of…