While this blog will focus primarily on Texas Business Court decisions, from time to time we will summarize opinions of note from Texas’s Appellate Courts. The following decision was issued by the Fifteenth Court of Appeals on January 16, 2025, and may be of interest to you. Nos. 15-24-00087-CV …
No. 24-BC03B-003 Sandeep Yadav, etc. v. Rajeeva Agrawal, et al. 24-bc03b-0003.pdf Jurisdiction (Section 8) and Later filed Claims. This suit over control of 3T Federal was initiated on May 1, 2024, when plaintiff, individually and derivatively on behalf of 3T, filed suit in Travis County District…
No. 24-BC01B-0010 Primexx Energy Opportunity Fund, LP, et. al v. Primexx Energy Corporation, et al. 24-bc01b-0010.pdf Jurisdiction. Plaintiffs in this action assert direct and indirect liability claims against the defendants for breaching statutory and contract duties in forcing a sale of the partnership’s business to a third…
No. 25-BC11A-001 Tiffany Lynn Sebastian, et al v. T. Bently Durant, et al. 25-bc11a-0001.pdf Business Court Jurisdiction/Partial Removals. In this divorce proceeding filed by the wife, the husband filed a counterpetition adding Classic, the couple’s employer, as co-respondent based on actions Classic had taken regarding the couple’s interests…
No. 24-BC01A-0111 Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. v. Navarro County Electric Cooperative 24-bc01a-0011.pdf Removal and Remand. Underlying-plaintiff Martin sued multiple defendants in the 40th Judicial District Court, Ellis County, including Navarro Electric Co-op and Osmose, for severe electrocution-related injuries; Navarro settled with Martin. Osmose filed a cross-claim against Navarro…
No. 24-BC11A-0016 Bestway Oilfield, Inc. v. Jacob R. Cox, et al. 24-bc11a-0016.pdf Jurisdiction and remand. In this suit Bestway asserted various causes of action arising out of Cox’s alleged breach of his former employment agreement with Bestway, including misappropriation of proprietary information. The action was commenced 4 years…
No. 24-BC03A-0004 CTen LLC, etc. v. John Tarbox, et al. 24-bc03a-0004.pdf Jurisdiction – Amount in Controversy/Burdens of Proof. The case arises out of a dispute over governance of Summer Moon Holdings after plaintiff purported to remove managers designated by the majority owner; plaintiff brought this action in…
No. 24-BC11A-004 Lone Star NGL Product Services, LLC v. EagleClaw Midstream Ventures, LLC, et al. 24-bc11a-0004-lone-star-ngl-product-services-llc-vs-cr-pe-opinion-and-order.pdf Jurisdiction. Because this lawsuit commenced long before September 1, 2024, the effective date of the Act establishing the Business Court, the parties may not rely on the provisions of Chapter 25A to…
No. 24-BC01A-0006 Christopher Seter v. Westdale Asset Managment, Ltd., et al 24-bc01a-0006-christopher-seter-v-wesdale-asset-management-ltd-jgb-ventures-i-ltd-joseph.pdf Jurisdiction. Because this case was commenced in the Dallas County County Court before September 1, 2024, the Business Court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate it. See, e.g., Energy Transfer LP, et al. v. Culberson Midstream, LLC, et…
No. 24-BC11B-008 XTO Energy, Inc. v. Houston Pipe Line Company, et al. 24-bc11b-0008-xto-energy-v-houston-pipeline-company-opinion-and-order.pdf Jurisdiction. Under H.B. 19, the court only has jurisdiction over cases commenced on or after September 1, 2024, and it did not have jurisdiction to hear this removed case, which was filed in 2021; remanded…
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