The Blog will occasionally summarize Supreme Court of Texas decisions which might be of interest to its readers. Here are two for your review. No. 23-0427 Pitts, et al. v. Rivas, et al. (On petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas) [Chief…
No. 24-BC01B-001 Targa Northern Delaware, LLC v. Franklin Mountain Energy 2, LLC, etc., et al. 1st Division – Judge Whitehill. 25-bc01b-0001.pdf Jurisdiction. Targa is a midstream company that operates natural gas gathering and compression facilities, and defendants are two upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production companies; the…
No. 24-BC11A-0028 ET Gathering & Processing LLC v. Tellurian Production LLC Plea to Jurisdiction. In this suit plaintiff alleged defendant breached the terms of a gas gathering agreement in which plaintiff agreed to gather and process defendant’s natural gas for an agreed rate, and defendant agreed to…
No. 25-BC03A-0001 Safelease Insurance Services LLC v. Storeable, Inc., et al. Injunctions. This suit arose out of a dispute over plaintiff’s access to information maintained on defendant’s facility-management software; before the dispute arose, plaintiff, which issues insurance to self-storage facilities, was able to access the information…
No. 24-BC01B-0010 Primexx Energy Opportunity Fund, LP, et al v. Primexx Energy Corporation, et al. (First Division) Civil case – Limited Partnerships/Drag-along sales/Partners’ Duties Under the Texas Business Organizations Code. The controlling partner in this limited partnership exercised its partnership agreement drag-along sales right to force an…
No. 24-BC11A-0013 Cypress Towne Center. Ltd, etc. v. Kimco Realty Services, Inc., et al. Removal and Jurisdiction. This action for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty was commenced in Harris County Circuit Court in June 2022. It was removed to the Business Court…
As has been noted, this blog will cover Fifteenth Court of Appeals’ decisions related to the developing law concerning the Business Court’s operations and jurisdiction. On February 21, 2025, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals issued two decisions regarding appellate review of Business Court remand orders. In the first case,…
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…
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