Micromedia v. Automated Broadcast Controls

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “an offer for an agreement that was not entered into until later” did not satisfy the statute of frauds
• holding that “an offer for an agreement that was not entered into until later” did not satisfy the statute of frauds
• finding nonresident corporation had minimum contacts because of (1) telephone calls between Texas resident and corporate representative and (2) existence of contract between Texas resident and nonresident corporation
• plaintiff amended complaint to comply with Texas long arm statute; defendant failed to object to amended complaint, thereby waiving objection to lack of service
• “Even a single purposeful contact may be sufficient to meet the requirements of minimum contacts when the cause of action arises from the contact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Michiana Easy Livin' Country, Inc. v. Holten
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-05-27· cited 1,002×
• Southmark Corporation v. Life Investors, Inc., and Uslico Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-11· cited 123×
• Monetti, S.P.A., and Melform U.S.A., Inc. v. Anchor Hocking Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-05-01· cited 52×
• Southworth MacHinery Co., Inc. v. F/v Corey Pride, All Trawl, Inc. And Robert Anderson
  First Circuit· 1993-06-02· cited 49×
• Glenn Thurman, Inc. v. Moore Construction, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1997-03-31· cited 27×
• Transoil (Jersey) Ltd., Cross-Appellant v. Belcher Oil Company, Defendant-Third Party Cross-Appellee
  Third Circuit· 1992-01-16· cited 18×
• Horton Ex Rel. Horton v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1995-03-09· cited 16×
• First Trust National Ass'n v. Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre
  S.D. Mississippi· 1998-01-13· cited 9×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-04-29· cited 7×
• Keller Ex Rel. 501 South Cherry Joint Venture v. Millice
  S.D. Texas· 1993-11-29· cited 7×
• Wells v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-03-22· cited 7×
• Rajan v. Shepard-Knapp
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-03-05· cited 3×
• Houston Technical Ceramics, Inc. v. Iwao Jiki Kogyo Co.
  S.D. Texas· 1990-04-02· cited 3×
• Singing River Hospital System v. Swenson
  S.D. Mississippi· 1998-01-14· cited 2×
• Akin v. Big Three Industries, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 1994-03-21· cited 1×
• Southworth v. F
  First Circuit· 1993-06-02
• Luna v. Compania Panamena De Aviacion, SA
  S.D. Texas· 1994-03-30
• Guajardo v. Deanda
  S.D. Texas· 2010-02-10
• Martin Jano v. State of Texas and State Board of Insurance
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1992-08-26
• Evergreen Media Holdings, LLC and Tony DeRosa-Grund v. FilmEngine Entertainment, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2016-09-22

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 6,200×
• McGee v. International Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,478×
• Shaffer v. Heitner
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-24· cited 2,976×
• Kawasaki Steel Corp. v. Middleton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-09-18· cited 618×
• McKanna v. Edgar
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-03-10· cited 493×
• Thompson v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-25· cited 236×
• Joyce Wells v. Hico Independent School District, Etc., Veriena Braune v. Hico Independent School District, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-07-16· cited 153×
• Brown v. Flowers Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-09-22· cited 67×
• Butler v. Joseph's Wine Shop, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-06· cited 63×
• Rafael Usatorres and Lidia Usatorres, His Wife v. Marina Mercante Nicaraguenses, S.A. D/B/A Mamenic Line, a Foreign Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-08-16· cited 58×
• Bowen v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-06· cited 39×
• OTTO VEHLE & RESERVE LAW OFFICERS ASSN. v. Brenner
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-05· cited 22×
• Martco, Inc. v. Doran Chevrolet, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-05· cited 19×
• Neuman v. Spector Wrecking & Salvage Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-01-31· cited 11×