EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE CO. v. COLEMAN

NO. 15-0407.

512 S.W.3d 895 (2017)

EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE COMPANY, Robert W. Caudle, and Ricky Stowe, Petitioners, v. Travis G. COLEMAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED February 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alicia Calzada , Jason Patrick Bloom , Nina Cortell Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas TX, for Petitioner.

Allison Schluckebier , David M. Walsh IV , Chamblee, Ryan, Kershaw & Anderson, P.C., Dallas TX, Charles (Chad) E. Baruch , Coyt Randal Johnston Jr. , Johnston Tobey Baruch, P.C. Dallas TX, Donald Mark Steadman , Attorney at Law, Rowlett TX, Eliot D. Shavin , Law Office of Eliot Shavin, Dallas TX, Wade A. Forsman , Attorney at Law, Sulphur Springs TX, for Respondent.

Travis G. Coleman, Carrollton TX, Pro Se.

E. Lee Parsley , Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Austin TX, Hugh Rice Kelly , Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Houston TX, George S. Christian , Texas Civil Justice League, Austin TX, Dale Wainwright , Bracewell LLP, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae.


In this case, we must determine whether the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) applies to alleged communications among ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) employees about Travis Coleman, a terminal technician formerly employed by EMPCo. The court of appeals held that EMPCo did not meet its burden to show that the TCPA applies to Coleman...

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