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EQUITABLE PRODUCTION v. CANALES-TREVINO

No. 04-03-00237-CV.

136 S.W.3d 235 (2004)

EQUITABLE PRODUCTION CO., Appellant v. Esperanza CANALES-TREVINO, Individually and as Heir and Administrator of the Estate of Raynolfo Trevino, Jr., Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled April 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wendell Hall, Xavier Rodriguez, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, John E. Cyr, Warren S. Huang, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, for appellant.

William R. Edwards, John Blaise Gsanger, Marilyn J. Larsen, The Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Armando G. Barrera, Charles L. Barrera, Barrera & Barrera Law Firm, San Diego, David J. Dunn, Dunn, Weathered, Coffey, Rivera & Kasperitis, P.C., Corpus Christi, Jose Ramon Falcon, Falcon Law Office, San Diego, Michael M. De Shetler, The De Shetler Law Firm, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Justice, PAUL W. GREEN, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

We are asked to decide whether the trial court correctly concluded that it may exercise general jurisdiction over Equitable Production, because it had "continuous and systematic" contacts with Texas, when Equitable's national headquarters and principal place of business were relocated from Texas to another state three months before suit was filed. We hold that the relocation, although a significant factor, is...

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