In Re Kajima International, Inc.

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CASTILLO.

In this original proceeding, we are called on to address application to a multi-million dollar judgment of changes in the post-judgment interest rate in Texas enacted by the 78th Legislature in 2003. The relator and judgment creditor is Kajima International, Inc. (“Kajima”), an international construction firm. The real party in inter est and judgment debtor is Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA (“Formosa”), a petrochemical giant "with Texas operations in Point Comfort, Calhoun County, Texas.

I. PRELIMINARY BACKGROUND

The judgment against Formosa, filed April 12,…