SW ENERGY PRODUCTION CO. v. BERRY-HELFAND

NO. 13-0986.

491 S.W.3d 699 (2016)

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Toby BERRY-HELFAND and Gery Muncey, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: June 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley A. Waters , F. Lee Butler , William Bart Davis , Adams and Reese LLP, Constance H. Pfeiffer , David M. Gunn , John S. Adcock , Beck Redden LLP, Houston TX, Mike A. Hatchell , Locke Lord LLP, Austin TX, for Petitioner

C. Zan Turcotte , Percy L. Isgitt , Isgitt, Dees & Turcotte, Houston TX, Daniel M. Downey , Dan Downey P.C., Austin TX, Darrin M. Walker , Law Office of Darrin Walker, Kingwood TX, Don Wheeler , Law Office of Don Wheeler, Center TX, George Chandler , Chandler Mathis & Zivley PC, Lufkin TX, Gregory D. Smith , Nolan Duane Smith , Ramey & Flock, P.C., Tyler TX, Harriet O'Neill , Law Office of Harriet O'Neill, PC, Austin TX, Michael T. Gallagher , The Gallagher Law Firm, Houston TX, Scott Hanson McLemore , Plezia McLemore Reddell Ardoin & Story, PLLC, Houston TX, Walter Perry Zivley Jr. , Chandler Mathis & Zivley PC, Houston TX, for Respondents.

Gloria Leal , Gloria Leal & Associates, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.

Frank Macchiarola , Washington DC, for Amicus Curiae America's Natural Gas Alliance.


In this trade-secret misappropriation case, a jury found an oil-and-gas operator misused proprietary information acquired under a confidentiality agreement and profited handsomely from its use. The trade secrets at issue purported to identify ten localized areas in East Texas oil-and-gas formations...

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