Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Veritas Energy v. Brayton Operating Corp., No. 13-06-061-CV, 2008 WL 384169 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2008, pet. filed), holds that marking the location of a proposed lease road will not preserve a […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Thompson & Knight LLP v. Patriot Exploration, LLC held that expert testimony on the effect of declining gas prices on the price a buyer would pay was insufficient to […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Eagle Oil & Gas Co. v. TRO-X, L.P. construed a joint development agreement and the obligation “to consult” prior to sales of interests to third parties. Eagle Oil & […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., 737 F.3d 966 (5th Cir. 2013) held that course of performance by the parties was part of a contract for the […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. El Paso Field Services, L.P. v. MasTec North America, Inc., 389 S.W.3d 802 (Tex. 2012, held that provisions in a pipeline construction contract allocating the risk of undiscovered foreign […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of some significance to you. Southwestern Gas Pipeline, Inc. v. Scaling, 870 s.W.2d 180 (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 1994, writ den.), considers the meaning of an “unprofitability” clause in a gas contract. Under the take- […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Heritage Resources, Inc. v. Nationsbank, 895, S.W.2d 833 (Tex. App.–El Paso 1995, writ requested) is a division order case holding that royalty owners were not bound by division orders allowing […]
