Don Docksteader Motors, Ltd. v. Patal Enterprises, Ltd.

OPINION

SPEARS, Justice.

This cause presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act (“Recognition Act”). Don Docksteader Motors, Ltd. filed suit in a Texas district court to recognize and enforce a judgment rendered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, ordering Patal Enterprises, Ltd., et al. to pay Docksteader $152,377.01 in Canadian dollars. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Patal. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment on the basis that the Recognition Act was unconstitutional. 776 S.W.2d…