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AMERICAN NAT. PETRO. CO. v. TRANSC. GAS PIPE LINE CORP.

No. C-8350.

798 S.W.2d 274 (1990)

AMERICAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY and Oil Investments, Ltd., Petitioners, v. TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled November 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Leahy, Houston, William W. Kilgarlin, Austin, for petitioners.

Murray Fogler, Jay W. Elston, Houston, William V. Dorsaneo, III, Dallas, Mark G. Yudof, Douglas Laycock, Austin, for respondent.

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

This is a breach of contract and tortious interference with contract case. Trial was to a jury, which found that Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) breached its "take or pay" contracts with American National Petroleum Company (ANPC) and Oil Investments, Ltd. (Oil), and tortiously interfered with gas balancing agreements ANPC and Oil had with third parties. The jury found exemplary damages of $16 million for the tortious...

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