NATIONAL INDUS. SAND ASS'N v. GIBSON

No. D-3855.

897 S.W.2d 769 (1995)

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SAND ASSOCIATION, Relator, v. The Honorable Jay GIBSON, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton Jordan Barton, Robert H. (Bob) Frost, Scott W. MacLaren, Dallas, for relator.

M. Diane Dwight, Beaumont, R. Sandy Torres, Midland, Lance P. Bradley, Beaumont, Robert E. White, Odessa, for respondent.


GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which HIGHTOWER, HECHT, SPECTOR and OWEN, Justices, join.

This original mandamus action involves the overruling of a special appearance filed pursuant to Rule 120a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Relator, National Industrial Sand Association (NISA), is a defendant in three consolidated silicosis lawsuits in Ector County. NISA argued that it lacked the minimum contacts with Texas necessary for the trial...

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