COASTAL CORP. v. TEXAS EASTERN CORP.

No. 89-2065.

869 F.2d 817 (1989)

The COASTAL CORPORATION, A Delaware Corporation, and Colorado Interstate Corporation, A Delaware Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TEXAS EASTERN CORPORATION, A Delaware Corporation, I. David Bufkin, Dennis R. Hendrix and Henry H. King, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., Ewing Werlein, Jr., Charles W. Schwartz, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

John L. Jeffers, G. Irvin Terrell, Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GARZA, JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

An injunction procured by material misrepresentation may not be sustained. The circumstances in this case demonstrate that Coastal has not sought equitable relief with clean hands. We therefore vacate the district court's injunction against the commencement of parallel litigation in any other court.

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