Ken Hoagland v. Bill Butcher, Kari Butcher, Butcher & Butcher, and OCTV Partners, LLC

PLURALITY OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

In two issues, appellant Ken Hoagland challenges the trial court’s order granting appellees’ special appearance and dismissing the underlying case. We hold Hoag-land pleaded jurisdictional facts that appel-lees committed tortious acts in Texas and appellees did not present evidence negating every basis for jurisdiction. We thus reverse the trial court’s order and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Background

Hoagland is the chairman of a political effort called the FairTax Campaign. The purpose of the FairTax…