RIO GRANDE VALLEY GAS CO. v. CITY OF PHARR

No. 13-96-352-CV.

962 S.W.2d 631 (1997)

RIO GRANDE VALLEY GAS CO., Southern Union Company, Southern Union Gas Company, Mercado Gas Services, Appellants, v. The CITY OF PHARR, on Behalf of Itself and Other Similarly Situated Entities, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto J. Yzaguirre, Jose E. Chapa, Jr., Yzaguirre & Chapa, McAllen, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, Jerry K. Clements, Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, Dallas, Christina Carlson Dodds, Daniel W. Bishop, II, Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, Austin, Thomas F. Loose, Karin B. Torgerson, Kirsten M. Castaneda, Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, Dallas, Lisa D. Powell, Morris Atlas, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, Osborne J. Dykes, III, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Luther H. Soules, III, Soules & Wallace, San Antonio, for appellants.

Vincent L. Marable, III, Wharton, Benjamin L. Hall, III, Elizabeth Bazan-Hawkins, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAninch & Laminack, Houston, Phil Harris, Weslaco, John M. O'Quinn, Robert R. Johnson, Sherry Scott, O'Quinn, Kerensky & McAninch, Houston, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Holmon, Hogan, Dubose & Townsend, Houston, for appellees.

Before DORSEY, YANEZ and RODRIGUEZ, JJ.


OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

Rio Grande Valley Gas Co., Southern Union Gas Co., et. al.1 bring this interlocutory appeal from an order entered in the 92nd District Court certifying as a class all Texas municipalities (excluding Edinburg and McAllen) that have entered into franchise agreements with RGV or SUG providing for payment of franchise fees based on a percentage of the franchisee's gross receipts. By three points of...

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