Legal Opinion

In Re Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided April 12, 2005No. 08-04-00348-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

At issue in this mandamus proceeding is the enforceability of a forum-selection clause in a contract between a Texas defendant/third party plaintiff and a California third party defendant. Because we conclude the clause is enforceable, we conditionally grant relief.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

In 2003, Kyocera Wireless Corporation entered into a business relationship with Hecmma, Inc. to assemble battery packs for Kyocera cellular telephones. Hecmma is an electronics manufacturing services company which performs different types of assembly processes. It assembles…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Johnson v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. ShuteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Holloway v. Fifth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. International Metal Sales, Inc. v. Global Steel Corporation and Global Steel Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
  2. International Metal Sales, Inc. v. Global Steel Corporation and Global Steel Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
  3. Mavuninu-Jean v. ReyesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2019
  4. in Re Talent Tree Crystal, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006

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