Zac Smith & Company, Inc., Petitioner v. Otis Elevator Company, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that Zac Smith & Company, Inc. had sufficient contacts with Texas to satisfy due process and the Texas long‑arm statute, thereby permitting personal jurisdiction over the Florida corporation. The Court applied the three‑pronged O'Brien test and the Supreme Court’s minimum‑contacts jurisprudence. A dissent argued that Smith’s contacts were too attenuated and insufficient to establish jurisdiction.