Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft v. Olson

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

The opinion and judgment issued herein on March 23, 2000 are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in lieu of the earlier one.

In this appeal, we consider the contacts with Texas of a foreign parent corporation that designs and manufactures cars abroad, but has established a North American subsidiary to import and distribute those cars in the United States, including Texas. Appellant Daimler-Benz Ak-tiengesellschaft (Daimler-Benz) brings an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order overruling its objection to personal jurisdiction. See Tex.R.…