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Texas Foundation Can’t Sue Alabama Grantee in Texas

Texas Foundation Can’t Sue Alabama Grantee in Texas

Texas Foundation Can’t Sue Alabama Grantee in Texas

Court says university did not “purposefully avail” itself of the privilege of conducting activities within Texas
A private foundation in Texas may not sue the University of Alabama in a Texas court for breach of contract for a scholarship program being operated in Alabama, an appellate court in Texas has held. It has reversed a trial court decision allowing the case to proceed. The University of Alabama originally inquired about a First Scholars Program funded by the Suder Foundation to support first generation college students. In 2009, a university employee called about the program and sent a letter expressing interest in January 2010. A month later, the foundation published a request for proposals to about 60 universities and UA responded. It was one of two selected for the funding. The university...

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