Mohammad Al-Saleh, a Jordanian businessman who won a $28.8 million judgment against energy tycoon Harry Sargeant III of Gulfstream, won’t be able to use Florida courts to collect, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.

Al-Saleh was a partner with Sargeant and Dominican Republic entrepreneur Mustafa Anu-Naba’a on fuel supply contracts for U.S. troops in Iraq during the rampup and height of hostilities during the Bush administration.