DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A.

CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:

This appeal arises from the district court’s grant of Plaintiff-Appellee’s motion for non-recognition of a Moroccan judgment under Texas’s Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgment Recognition Act (the “Texas Recognition Act” or “Act”). The district court determined that Morocco’s judicial system failed to provide impartial tribunals and procedures compatible with due process as required by the Texas Recognition Act and that the Moroccan judgment was thus unenforceable domestically. Because we conclude Plaintiff-Appellee has not met his burden under the Act, we…