Opinion ID: 1463897
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: mexican law's effect on ldi/sms's claims

Text: LDI/SMS asserts claims for tortious interference, breach of contract, antitrust, and Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations. The Fifth Circuit, in Access Telecom, Inc., noted that this Court had never considered the effect of foreign illegality on a contract governed by Texas law. 197 F.3d at 707. Here, the court of appeals considered all LDI/SMS's claims together, concluding that the actions undertaken by [LDI/SMS] were illegal and, [a]s a result, [LDI/SMS] cannot recover under any of their asserted claims. 18 S.W.3d at 714-15. This is a flawed syllogism. However, because we conclude that LDI/SMS's contracts did not violate Mexican law, we leave for another day the question of what effect foreign illegality would have on these claims.