THISTLE, INC. v. TENNECO, INC.

No. 92CA1678.

872 P.2d 1302 (1993)

THISTLE, INC., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNECO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Tenneco Oil Company, a Delaware corporation, TOC—Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation, TOC—Rocky Mountains Inc., a Delaware corporation, TOC—Mid-Continent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Amoco Production Company, a Delaware corporation, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, and Mesa Mid-Continent Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1993.

Certiorari Denied May 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Thompson & Lewis, P.C., O. Russel Murray, Curtis R. Henry, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Tucker K. Trautman, Polly A. Atkinson, Rebecca B. DeCook, Denver, for defendants-appellees Tenneco, Inc. and Tenneco Oil Co.

Corporon, Hoehn, Svitavsky, Vaughters & Eyler, Vern R. Corporon, Englewood, for defendants-appellees TOC—Gulf Coast, Inc. and Fina Oil & Chemical Co.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, David R. Hammond, Denver, for defendants-appellees TOC—Rocky Mountains, Inc. and Amoco Production Co.

Baker & Hostetler, Timothy R. Beyer, Thomas B. Evans, Denver, for defendants-appellees TOC—Mid-Continent, Inc. and Mesa Mid-Continent Ltd. Partnership.


Opinion by Judge CRISWELL.

The district court entered summary judgment dismissing the claims of plaintiff, Thistle, Inc., against Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Oil Co. (collectively, Tenneco), and the other named defendants, which claims were based upon allegations that Tenneco had improperly made available to the other defendants certain seismic information which was owned by Thistle. Thistle's appeal from that judgment presents the general issue whether Thistle, as the...

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