Read PAINEWEBBER INC. v. THE CHASE MANHATTAN PRIVATE BANK (SWITZERLAND), 00-20917

A foreign corporation with no other meaningful connection to Texas does not impliedly consent to the jurisdiction of a district court in Texas by entering into an arbitration agreement designating neither an arbitral forum nor a specific geographic location within the US.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2001
• Published 07/31/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robin C. Gibbs,Robert Joseph Madden (argued), Gibbs and Bruns, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., John Bryant Thomas, Hicks, Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, Steven P. Caley (argued), John M. Callagy, Kelley, Dyre & Warren, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.