Legal Opinion

Predator Downhole Inc. and Nancy Vermeulen v. Flotek Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 18, 2016No. 01-15-00846-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Sherry Radack, Chief Justice

In this interlocutory appeal, Predator Downhole, Inc. [hereafter, “Predator”], and Nancy Vermeulen [hereafter, “Nancy”] appeal the trial court’s order denying their special-appearances in a suit by Flo-tek Industries, Inc. [hereafter, “Flotek”]. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(7) (West Supp. 2012). Predator and Nancy contend that they are not subject to personal jurisdiction in Texas because they do not have the requisite minimum contacts with Texas that would support jurisdiction and because the trial court’s exercise of jurisdiction would…

2Cases cited30 opinions

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  4. Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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  5. Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC v. Griffin Partners III-520/2017 L.P. as Successor in Interest to DLF/GP 520 Post Oak, LLC PFP 520 Post Oak, Inc. and 520 Partners, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2023

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