P.V.F., Inc. v. Pro Metals, Inc.

I respectfully dissent. Given the facts in this record and Texas Supreme Court precedent, the due process pendulum should swing in the other direction. This court should sustain P.V.F., Inc.’s challenge to the trial court’s denial of its special appearance, and this court should remand with instructions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Courts have long rejected the notion that any link to the forum state in a business transaction is sufficient to subject nonresident participants to the jurisdiction of that forum’s courts. See, e.g., Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462,…