Cash Register Sales & Services of Houston, Inc. v. Copelco Capital, Inc.

It is axiomatic that a contractual forum selection clause in and of itself is insufficient to establish that “minimum contacts” exist between the party against whom the clause is enforced and the forum so selected. See Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 472 n. 14, 105 S.Ct. 2174, 2182 n. 14, 85 L.Ed.2d 528 (1985); Minuteman Press Int’l, Inc. v. Sparks, 782 S.W.2d 339, 342 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1989, no writ).

*284The Supreme Court noted in Burger King that personal jurisdiction was waiva-ble, and that forum selection clauses obtained through “freely negotiated” agreements that were not…