No. 15-24-00040-CV The State of Texas v. Yelp, Inc. (Bastrop County Dist. Court) SearchMedia.aspx Civil case – Jurisdiction. The State brought this action seeking civil penalties, damages, and injunctive relief for Yelp’s alleged violation of the Deceptive Practices Act; Yelp…
No. 25-BCA11A-0013 Marathon Oil Co. v. Mercuria Energy America, LLC (Eleventh Division, Judge Andrews) 25-bc11a-0013-marathon-oil-v-mercuria-energy-america-2025-tex-bus-39.pdf Civil case – Contracts. Marathon Oil was required by the parties’ contract to deliver natural gas to Mercuria. In the wake of Winter Storm Uri, Marathon declared force majeure and did not deliver the…
No. 15-25-00003-CV Lone Star NGL Product Services LLC, etc. v. Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures LLC, et al. Jurisdiction. In an opinion dated December 20, 2024, the Business Court concluded it lacked jurisdiction over this case, where the parties had executed a…
No. 24-BC11A-0024 Isaac Arnold, Jr., et al. v. Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP, etc. (11th Div., Judge Sharp) Civil case – Breach of Contract/Denial of Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Under the parties’ contract, Blue Ridge Landfill paid plaintiffs royalties for revenue it generated on waste disposed at the…
No. 25-BC04A-0013 Charlotte Barrett v. Marcus Barrett, IV, et al. (Fourth Division, J. Barnard) 25-bc04a-0013-barrett-v-barrett-2025-tex-bus-37.pdf Civil case – Jurisdiction. In this action filed in Bexar County Probate Court, plaintiff contended the three individual defendants mismanaged family trusts during the time they served as trustees; she sought modification of…
No.25-BC11A-0013 Marathon Oil Co. v. Mercuria Energy America, LLC (Eleventh Division, Judge Andrews, sitting by designation) 25-bc11a-0013-marathon-oil-v-mercuria-energy-america-2025-tex-bus-36.pdf Civil case – North American Energy Standards Board Contracts. Marathon and Mercuria entered into a Base Contract or master contract in January 2021, setting out terms and conditions governing Marathon’s individual…
No. 25-BC03A-007 Jerry B. Reed v. Rook TX, LP, et al. (Third Division, Judge Andrews Civil case – Jurisdiction. Reed won the $7.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot in May 2023; in this suit he alleged the jackpot would have been $88 million if defendant Rook had not illegally manipulated…
No. 25-BC01B-006 Riverside Strategic Capital Fund I, L.P., et al v. CLG Investments, LLC, et al. (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 25-bc01b-0006-riverside-strategic-capital-fund-i-v-clg-investments-2025-tex-bus-33.pdf Civil case – Jurisdiction. (This written opinion explains the Court’s grant of the out-of-state defendants’ special appearances on July 17, 2025.) The Riverside plaintiffs sued over thirty defendants…
No. 25-BC08B-0009 Elizabeth Martens v. Lamkin Land & Cattle Company and Stephanie Ezzell (Eighth Division, Judge Stagner) Jurisdiction/Dominant Jurisdiction/Abatement. Martens and Ezzell are sisters and each owns 50% of the Lamkin Land & Cattle Company (LLCC), a limited liability company. In 2022, Martens sued Ezzell and LLCC for failing…
No. 25-BC01B-0017 Faisal Chaudhry, et al. v. Stillwater Capital Investments, etc., et al. (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 25-bc01b-0017-chaudhry-v-stillwater-captial-investments-2025-tex-bus-31.pdf Civil case – Jurisdiction. In 2020, defendant Capital solicited plaintiff Chaudhry to invest in a 192-unit apartment complex in Dallas, and he committed to invest $8 million dollars. In the next…
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