Blair Communications, Inc. v. Ses Survey Equipment Services, Inc.

OPINION

MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal 1 from the trial court’s denial of a special appearance filed by the non-resident defendant/appellant, Blair Communications, Inc. Blair contends the trial court erred in denying its special appearance because it did not have sufficient minimum contracts with Texas to establish personal jurisdiction in the Texas courts. We reverse.

Standard of Review

The plaintiff has the initial burden of pleading sufficient allegations’ to bring the nonresident defendant within the provisions of the Texas long-arm statute. See Hotel…