Retamco Operating, Inc., Petitioner v. Republic Drilling Company, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that Republic Drilling Company, a California corporation, is subject to specific personal jurisdiction in Texas on a Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act claim because it purposefully availed itself of the state by knowingly taking assignment of Texas oil and gas real property, and the transferred Texas assets are themselves operative facts of the fraudulent-transfer claim. Reviewing jurisdiction de novo and implying all facts supported by the evidence because the trial court made no findings, the court rejected Republic's argument that executing the assignment wholly in California defeated jurisdiction. The court reversed the court of appeals' judgment, which had held Republic had no minimum contacts with Texas, and remanded for trial. No separate opinions accompanied the decision.