Ruiz v. Conoco, Inc.

For the last forty years it has been well settled that the venue statute which allows a foreign corporation to be sued “in any county in which the company may have an agency or representative” requires that such person or entity (1) actually conduct business in the county of suit in a more or less permanent form, (2) possess broad powers from the defendant corporation and reside in the county of suit, (3) possess powers which are discretionary and relate to commercial or business transactions concerning the corporate affairs of the defendant and whose duties and obligations are not merely…