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Texas Business Court Decision – May 27, 2026

No. 25-BC11B-0073   DK Trading & Supply, LLC v. Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC (Eleventh Division,  Judge Sharp) 2026 Tex. Bus. 33 Contracts. Background. DK Trading & Supply (Delek) and Wink to Webster Pipeline (Wink) entered into two 2021 agreements governing crude-oil storage at a terminal in Midland County and…

Texas Business Court Decision – Wednesday, May 20, 2026

No. 26-BC11B-003  Clean-Co Systems, Inc. v. Enterprise Products Operating, LLC (Division Eleven, Judge Dorfman) 2026 Tex. Bus. 32 Jurisdiction. Background. Clean-Co sued Enterprise in state district court to recover on a single unpaid invoice for industrial cleaning services performed in July-August 2025 under a time-and-materials purchase order. The invoice,…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 20, 2026

No. 25-BC11A-0083   Unimacts Global, LLC, et al v. Ayr Energy, Inc. (Eleventh Division, Judge Barnard) 2026 Tex. Bus. 31 (11th Div.)  25-bc11a-0083-unimachts-global-v-ayr-energy-2026-tex-bus-31.pdf Rule 91a Motions to Dismiss/Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Background.  Plaintiffs Unimacts Global and two Zetwork entities (Unimacts) sued Ayr Energy, Inc. (Ayr), alleging three former Unimacts…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 19, 2026

No. 25-BC01A-0023   Cobalt Falcon, LLC  v. AXS Investments (First Division, Judge Bouressa) 2026 Tex. Bus. 30    25-bc01a-0023-cobalt-falcon-v-axs-investments-2026-tex-bus-30.pdf Contracts. Background. In 2022, Cobalt Falcon sold AXS assets related to the management of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) under an agreement requiring monthly payment from AXS “in perpetuity (unless otherwise agreed).”…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 16, 2026

No. 25-BC11A-0024  Plains Pipelines, L.P., et al. v. Arrowhead Gulf Coast Holdings, LLC, et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Adrogue)    25-bc11a-0024-plains-pipeline-v-arrowhead-gulf-coast-holdings-2026-tex-bus-29.pdf Contracts. This a dispute over interpretation of an asset-purchase agreement and whether defendants, as sellers, are obligated to reimburse plaintiffs, the purchasers, for costs incurred defending and resolving…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 15, 2026

No. 25-BC08B-0015 Camino Real Developers, LLC v. RivenRock, LLC (Eighth Division, Judge Stagner) 25-bc08b-0015-camino-real-developers-v-rivenrock-2026-tex-bus-28.pdf Contracts/LLCs. Background: Camino Real, LLC was formed in 2017 to develop a luxury RV park in Caldwell County. Its Company Agreement created two categories of ownership: a 50% percent capital-provider interest – originally held by…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 14, 2026

No. 26-BC08A-0007 DrinkPAK, LLC v. PRIII and Trammell Crow Company, LLC.  (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard)  26-bc08a-0007-drinkpak-v-priii-crow-building-c-2026-tex-bus-27.pdf Removal to Business Court/Jurisdiction. Background. DrinkPAK makes canned beverages, and it agreed to lease a 1.3 million square feet space from defendant PRIII for a bottling facility. DrinkPAK claimed the building’s foundation was…

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No. 24-BC11B-0023  Westlake Longview Corp., et al. v. Eastman Chemical Co. (Eleventh Division, Judge Andrews, sitting by assignment) Contracts. Background. In 2006, Eastman sold Westlake its polyethylene facilities in Longview and a pipeline that runs from Longview to a major ethylene trading hub in Mont Belvieu. Before the sale,…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 12, 2026

No. 25-BC04A-0015 Pradera SFR, LLC v. American Housing Ventures, LLC (Fourth Division, Judge Barnard) Jurisdiction. Background. Pradera signed a Development Agreement with American Housing Ventures (AHV) to develop a 250-home project near San Antonio; AHV was the project manager and agreed to indemnify Pradera for any losses resulting from…

Texas Business Court Decision – May 11, 2026

Dallas Sports Group, LLC, et al. v. DSE Hockey Club, L.P., et al. (First Division, Judge Whitehill) Microsoft Word – BW’s Order Regarding Attorneys’ fees (klw sfb pjs edits – clean) Attorneys’ Fees. All issues in the case have been decided in plaintiffs’ favor, and the court has granted…

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