Legal Opinion
John DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Expl, S.A., et a
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2019No. 18-50348PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
In 1999, philanthropist, environmental activist, and haircare and liquor tycoon John Paul DeJoria was attempting to achieve yet another title: oil magnate. It did not go well. What started as a project that promised to provide Morocco with decades of energy independence ended with a Moroccan court's levying a judgment north of $100 million against DeJoria and his business partner. Whether Texas should recognize that foreign judgment is now the centerpiece of this decades-long dispute. In fact, proving that it is often harder to collect a judgment than win one, this…
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