IN RE ETHYL CORP.

No. 96-0931.

975 S.W.2d 606 (1998)

In re ETHYL CORPORATION, USX Corporation, Todd Shipyards Corporation and Texas City Refining, Inc., Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan C. Stevenson, Houston, Hubert A. Crouch, III, Dallas, B. Stephen Rice, George R. Murphy, Elena DiIorio, Houston, William M. Tolin, III, Beaumont, for Relators.

Ian P. Cloud, Richard N. Countiss, John E. Williams, Jr., Houston, for Respondent.


OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, ENOCH, SPECTOR, BAKER, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, joined.

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