Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 4/10/1997

Conner v. Conticarriers & Terminals, Inc.

Citations

944 S.W.2d 405
1997 Tex. App. LEXIS 1856
1997 WL 34027

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concluding that parent and subsidiary are not alter egos even though they “maintain significant ties” because they operate with level of independence such that corporate separation is not “pure fiction”
explaining that specific jurisdiction is established when plaintiff's cause of action arises out of, or relates to, defendant’s contacts with forum state
holding compliance with registration statutes confers jurisdiction only if corporation’s contacts are continuous and systematic
holding compliance with registration statutes confers jurisdiction only if corporation = s contacts are continuous and systematic
explaining that specific jurisdiction is established when plaintiff’s cause of action arises out of, or relates to, defendant = s contacts with forum state
noting that employees for parent company “provide legal, accounting and other services” to subsidiary company, but parent company “bills [subsidiary company] for all of the legal, accounting or other services its employees provide to [the subsidiary]”

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Judges: Lee, Hudson, Edelman

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