Leonard v. USA Petroleum Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that appointment of agent and possession of certificate of authority do not rise to consent
• rejecting view that registering to do business in state and appointment of agent for service of process, without more, suffice as consent to jurisdiction
• “When a foreign corporation does business in Texas, it benefits from and is protected by Texas laws; it enters into a ‘bargain’ with the state.”
• “Personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant is improper when it is based on tort claims arising from a contract dispute.”
• gently distinguishing Texas case law holding otherwise

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).