Legal Opinion
Middleton v. Kawasaki Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 3, 1985No. C14-84-410CVPublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUNELL, Associate Justice.
John G. Middleton, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment dismissing Kawasaki Steel Corporation granted after the court heard a special appearance motion in which Kawasaki alleged a lack of jurisdiction over its person. The court’s decision to dismiss is based upon two grounds: (1) that Kawasaki Steel Corporation lacks minimum contacts with this forum so that exercise of jurisdiction over it would violate due process and (2) Middleton has not properly invoked the jurisdiction of the court in that it has not alleged the jurisdictional requirements of the…
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