Legal Opinion
Dawson-Austin v. Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1998No. 96-0442PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHecht, Justice
in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, SPECTOR, OWEN, and HANKINSON, Justices, joined.
The issues we address in this divorce action are whether the district court had in personam jurisdiction over the wife, and if not, whether the court nevertheless had jurisdiction to divide the marital estate. The court of appeals upheld personal jurisdiction. 920 S.W.2d 776. We disagree.
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Since 1970, William Franklin Austin has been the president, chief executive officer, sole director, and sole stockholder of Starkey Laboratories, Inc., a Minnesota corporation in the business of manufacturing and…
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