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HUBENAK v. SAN JACINTO GAS TRANSMISSION CO.

Nos. 02-0213 to 02-0217, 02-0320, 02-0321, 02-0326, 02-0359.

141 S.W.3d 172 (2004)

Thelma Blahuta HUBENAK, Petitioner, v. SAN JACINTO GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Respondent. Thelma Blahuta Hubenak and Emil Blahuta, Petitioners, v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Company, Respondent. Rosie Wenzel, Wilma McAndrew, Betty McCleney, and Tilford Sulak, Petitioners, v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Company, Respondent. Kutach Family Trust, Darryl Wayne Kutach, Trustee, Petitioner, v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Company, Respondent. Cusack Ranch Corporation, Petitioner, v. MidTexas Pipeline Company, Respondent. MidTexas Pipeline Company, Petitioner, v. Wilbert O. Dernehl, Jr. and The First National Bank of Bellville, Respondents. MidTexas Pipeline Company, Petitioner, v. Walter Roy Wright, Jr. and Robbie V. Wright, Respondents. MidTexas Pipeline Company, Petitioner, v. Walter Roy Wright, III, Respondent. Michael F. Cusack, Trustee of the Michael F. Cusack Special Trust No. One, Petitioner, v. MidTexas Pipeline Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 2, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen I. Adler, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Olin Corporation.

Richard L. McElya, Angleton, William D. Noel, for Thelma Blahuta Hubenak, Cusack Ranch Corporation, Walter Roy Wright, III.

Thomas E. Sheffield, Houston, for San Jacinto Gas Transmission Company.

Richard L. McElya, Angleton, for Emil Blahuta, Wilma McAndrew, Betty McCleney, Tilford Sulak, Darryl Wayne Kutach, Trustee, The First National Bank of Bellville, Robbie V. Wright, Michael Cusack Special Trust No. One.

William D. Noel, for Rosie Wenzel, Kutach Family Trust, Wilbert O. Dernehl, Jr., Walter Roy Wright, Jr., Michael F. Cusack, Trustee.

Kenneth C. Raney Jr., Dallas, Thomas E. Sheffield, Houston, for MidTexas Pipeline Company.

Stephen K. Carroll, Houston, for Amicus Curiae BP Pipelines Inc.

Justice OWEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice SMITH, Justice WAINWRIGHT and Justice BRISTER joined, and in which Justice JEFFERSON joined as to Parts I, II and III.

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