Moncrief Oil International Inc. v. OAO Gazprom

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs claims against foreign defendants. Because we agree that personal jurisdiction is lacking as to each defendant, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arises from a business dispute between a Texas plaintiff, Moncrief Oil International Inc. (“Moncrief’), and Russian defendants OAO Gazprom (“Gazprom”), OAO Zapsibgazprom (“Zap-sib”), and OAO Severneftegazprom (“Severn”) (collectively “the Gazprom defendants”). The district court dismissed Moncrief s complaint for lack of…