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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER v. CITY OF WHARTON

No. 01-01-00164-CV.

101 S.W.3d 633 (2003)

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY and Houston Industries Finance, Inc., Appellants, v. CITY OF WHARTON, City of Pasadena, and City of Galveston, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled April 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Daryl Bristow, Baker & Botts L.L.P., Michael M. Wilson, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Nickens and Wilson, Diana E. Marshall, Schechter & Marshall, Houston, Robert J. Hearon, Jr., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, for Appellant.

Levon G. Hovnatanian, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., John M. O'Quinn, O'Quinn & Laminack, Houston, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices NUCHIA and JENNINGS.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellants, Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P) and Houston Industries Finance, Inc., appeal the judgment of the trial court awarding actual damages of $1,175,193.88 to appellees, the cities of Wharton, Pasadena, and Galveston (the Cities), and a total of $13,683,181 in attorneys' fees in this dispute regarding the correct interpretation of franchise-fee agreements between the Cities and HL&P. We reverse the judgment...

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