SAMEDAN OIL v. LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS

No. 11-00-00041-CV.

52 S.W.3d 788 (2001)

SAMEDAN OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Overruled May 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Cameron, Hult & Cameron, Boulder, CO, David M. Gunn, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, Lawrence F. Labanowski, Sheila Mathis Lawrence F. Labanowski & Associates, Houston, for appellant.

Bennett S. Bartlett, T. Brooke Farnsworth, Farnsworth & Vonberg, Arlo Van Denover, Houston, Jorge E. Castillo, Denver, CO, for appellee.

Panel consists of ARNOT, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., and McCALL, J.


Opinion

McCALL, Justice.

The trial court entered a summary judgment on the ground that a Colorado judgment in a suit involving these same parties was res judicata of the issues in this case. We modify the trial court's judgment to make it clear that its holding of res judicata does not bar future disputes that could not have been decided in the Colorado litigation. As modified, we affirm.

The dispute between the parties to this case arose out of...

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