No. 26-BC11A-0004 Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Phillip Daskevich, et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Stagner) 2026 Tex. Bus. 34 Corporate Governance/Contracts. Background. Gage Western LLC was governed by a Company Agreement establishing a multi-class membership structure. Energy Founders Fund (Energy) held majority Class A interests, while Phillip and Cris…
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…
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,…
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…
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).”…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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