Wien Air Alaska, Inc. v. Brandt

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• holding that defendant’s “letters, faxes, and phone calls to Texas” that allegedly “contained fraudulent misrepresentations and promises” created sufficient minimum contacts with Texas
• holding that the defendants had purposefully directed their actions at Texas by making fraudulent misrepresentations to the plaintiff in telephone calls to the plaintiff in Texas and in letters and faxes sent to the plaintiff in Texas
• noting that when the district court did not hold an evidentiary hearing on the issue of jurisdiction, plaintiff need only establish a prima facie case
• finding that “[w]hen the actual content of communications with a forum gives rise to intentional tort causes of action, this alone constitutes purposeful availment” because the “defendant is purposefully availing himself of ‘the privilege of causing a consequence’” in the forum
• finding that “[w]hen the actual content of communications with a forum gives rise to intentional tort causes of action, this alone constitutes purposeful availment” because the “defendant is purposefully availing himself of ‘the privilege of causing a consequence’” in the forum
• finding specific personal jurisdiction over defendants with respect to fraud claim when the defendants directed letters, phone calls, and faxes to Texas containing fraudulent misrepresentations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).