Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit Clause

Enforcing Out-of-State and Foreign Judgments in Texas

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 4/7/2025

You won your case, but how do you enforce the judgment, especially if the debtor’s assets are in another state? To collect in Texas, you need a judgment that’s valid in Texas. If your judgment is from out of state — a foreign...more

Commercial Division Denies Application to Enforce Stipulation of Settlement for Lack of Standing

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/1/2021

The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution provides that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” In terms of...more

Finishing the Job: The Importance of Domesticating a Foreign Judgment

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 12/5/2019

How does a creditor enforce a judgment against a debtor who either relocates to another state, or owns property in another state? If the judgment is not paid and satisfied, can the creditor follow the judgment-debtor...more

Supreme Court Rejects Maryland Power Plant Subsidies, But Signals Permissible Ways for States to Incentivize New Plants

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/22/2016

In recent years, Maryland attempted to subsidize new power plants by guaranteeing prices for generating capacity at wholesale auctions administered by PJM Interconnection L.L.C. (PJM). Tuesday, the Supreme Court unanimously...more

The Supreme Court - April 2016 #3

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/21/2016

The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in two cases on April 19, 2016: Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, No. 14-614: Congress, though the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), 16 U.S.C. §791a et seq., vested...more

Supreme Court Decides V.L. v. E.L.

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/8/2016

On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court decided V.L. v. E.L., No. 15-648, holding that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution requires Alabama courts to grant full faith and credit to an adoption...more