Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. ENI U.S. Operating Co., Inc., 957 F.Supp.2d 836 (S.D. Tex. 2013) applied admiralty law to interpret the risk of loss provisions in an […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dorchester Gas Producing Company v. The Harlow Corporation, S.W.2d (Tex. App.– Amarillo, No. 0 7-86-0024-CV, July 23, 1987). Dorchester owned the “gas and gas rights” under a section of land […]
CASE OF THE MONTH Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products. Inc., 32 Tex. S. Ct. J. 252 (Text No. C- 6649, March 8, 1989), is an extremely important case for […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products. Inc., S.W.2d (June 27, 1990), is the only Texas Supreme Court case to address the significant outstanding issues in the oil/gas controversy. 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. Holland v. Thompson, 338 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2010, pet. denied) held that the discovery rule did not toll the running of limitations on claims for fraud when […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Railroad Commission of Texas v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future, 336 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2011) held that a Texas Railroad Commission (“TRC”) determination that the term “public interest” […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Western Refining Southwest, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 636 F.3d 719 (5th Cir. 2011) held that a lessor of an oil pipeline under a capacity lease agreement is […]
