"The determinative question is whether the manufacturers’ contacts with Texas, accomplished through direct and indirect control over instrumentalities and intermediaries, satisfy constitutional requisites to exercising specific personal jurisdiction. They do."
May 08, 2023 at 06:23 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
A Texas lawsuit against Volkswagen Germany and Audi Germany caused a six-to-three split on the Texas Supreme Court, with the dissenting warning the majority’s invention of jurisdiction by “agency” will cause lasting damage to interstate commerce.
Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and Justice Jane Bland joined Justice Rebeca Huddle’s dissent.
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Volkswagen Cypress dealership of Cypress, Texas. Credit: Google
