Legal Opinion
CMMC v. Salinas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1996No. 95-0954PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHecht, Justice
The sole question in this case is whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state court to take personal jurisdiction over a foreign manufacturer merely because it knew its allegedly defective product would be shipped to that state. We answer no, and thus reverse the judgment of the court of appeals, 903 S.W.2d 138, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Hill Country Cellars, a small winery located in Cedar Park, Texas, ordered a wine-press from KLR Machines, Incorporated, an independent distributor of equipment used in the wine and juice industries. KLR, in turn, ordered the winepress…
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