Pan Energy v. Martin

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiff Pan Energy Company appeals a trial court’s order dismissing an action to enforce a foreign judgment. We reverse.

I. FACTS

The facts are essentially undisputed. In September 1982, Pan Energy Company obtained a judgment against Carl Martin in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma court). In August 1987, Pan Energy filed or registered the Oklahoma judgment in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-22a-l to -8 (1987) (the Utah Foreign Judgment Act). Utah Code Ann. § 78-22a-2(2) (1987) provides: