Motor Components, LLC v. Devon Energy Corp.

OPINION

TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, Motor Components, LLC and BAM Enterprises, Inc. challenge the denial of their special appearances in a Texas declaratory-judgment action. Because the companies have insufficient contacts with Texas to sustain the trial court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction, we reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand the case to the trial court for the dismissal and severance of the claims against them.

I. Background

In 1992, Pennzoil Company, a Delaware corporation located in Texas, entered into an Environmental Indemnification Agreement…