Jim Fox Enterprises, Inc. v. Air France

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Our original opinion was handed down December 14, 1981. 664 F.2d 63 (5th Cir. 1981). We affirmed the District Court’s granting of Air France’s motion to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction because of inadequate service of process under the Texas Long-arm Statute. 1 In so holding, we relied on Texas decisions reflected in our opinion in Prejean v. Sonatrach, Inc., 652 F.2d 1260 (5th Cir.1981), which applied literally Article 2031b to require a nexus between the cause of action asserted and the defendant’s contacts with Texas. Because we found no such nexus,…