Water West, Inc., a Nevada Corporation v. Entek Corporation, a Texas Corporation, and James Edward Turner

I respectfully dissent, believing that sufficient contact existed to justify venue in the Southern District of California.

Water West relies upon the April 1983 sale of approximately 1,000 feet of Leaky Pipe to Joseph Fleming, an Imperial Valley farmer, for a price of $300.00. The Imperial Valley is located in the Southern District. Fleming read about Leaky Pipe in a full page advertisement in “Drip/Trickle Irrigation” magazine. To obtain additional information, Fleming contacted Entek, which was identified in the ad as the manufacturer of the pipe, at its Texas address. After several…