Legal Opinion

Tri-State Building Specialties, Inc. v. NCI Building Systems, L.P.

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided October 6, 2005No. 01-05-00083-CVPublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

Presenting a single issue, with two sub-issues, appellants, Tri-State Building Specialties, Inc. d/b/a Western Garage Doors (“Tri-State”), Susan Hollister (“Hollister”), and Jennie Bush (“Bush”), contend that the trial court erred in denying their special appearance, 1 which they filed in a suit brought against them by appellee, NCI Building Systems, L.P. d/b/a Able Door Manufacturing (“NCI”).

We affirm in part and reverse and render in part.

Factual and Procedural Background

Tri-State is a California corporation with its principal office located in Oceanside,…

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