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MOHAMED v. EXXON CORP.

No. C14-89-00886-CV.

796 S.W.2d 751 (1990)

Makram MOHAMED, et al., Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION and Exxon Minerals Company, a Division of Exxon Corporation, and Roger Kust, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Nelkin, Joan Marie Lucci Bain, Houston, for appellants.

Reagan Burch, Paul L. Mitchell, Ingrid J. Blackwelder, Houston, for appellees.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C.J., and MURPHY and DRAUGHN, JJ.

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

In this civil rights case the trial court ruled that res judicata barred the plaintiffs from litigating state law claims, after a federal court had dismissed an earlier suit grounded on federal law. We must determine the prior judgment's preclusive effect under federal law. The complexity of the inquiry makes us wish there were a stateto-federal counterpart to Tex.R.App.P. 114, which provides for certification of...

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