Texas Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2020
The trial court’s judgment, affirmed by the San Antonio Court of Appeals, held that the plaintiffs were contingent remaindermen of certain mineral interests.
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Appellate Court Dissolves an Operator’s Injunction Against Town of Flower Mound
In this case, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that the trial court lacked authority to grant a temporary injunction against the Town of Flower Mound enjoining the enforcement of a local ordinance that limited truck traffic to and from well sites.
Disposal Well Operator Held Not to Be an “Affected Person” With Standing to Challenge Competitor’s Application for Disposal Well Permit
This case involves a dispute as to whether a competitor saltwater disposal well operator is an “affected person” under 16 Tex. Admin. Code §3.9(5)(E) and, thus, whether such competitor has standing to challenge an application for disposal well permit.
Mineral Buyer Unable to Demand Prior Unclaimed Royalties From Comptroller
In Enerlex, the Austin Court of Appeals held that a mineral buyer could not demand payment from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts for prior unclaimed royalty payments relating to the purchased royalty interest, because those royalty payments were turned over to the...
Texas Courts Continue to Analyze Oil and Gas Cases Under the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act
In this business torts case between pipeline monitoring companies, Houston’s First Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred by denying a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA).
Class Certification Denied in Royalty Class Action Suit
The Plaintiffs, a putative class of lessors under oil and gas leases, brought claims against Talisman Energy USA, Inc. (“Talisman”) relating to Talisman’s “volumetric” method of calculating royalties.