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VALENCE OPERATING CO. v. DORSETT

No. 03-0836.

164 S.W.3d 656 (2005)

VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Elmagene W. DORSETT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Warwick, Abney & Warwick, Marshall, Thomas A. Zabel, Burns Wooley Marseglia & Zabel, L.L.P., Houston, for petitioner.

Edwin E. Buckner, Law Offices of Edwin E. Buckner, Jr., Marshall, for respondent.

Everard A. Marseglia Jr., Burns Wooley Marseglia & Zabel, L.L.P., Morgan L. Copeland Jr., Catherine B. Smith, Ara L. Ayles, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Gary C. Johnson, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Houston, for amicus curiae.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we construe the meaning of certain notice provisions of a commonly used oil and gas operating agreement. Working interest owner Elmagene Dorsett sued Valence Operating Company in a dispute arising from a joint operating agreement. The trial court granted partial summary judgment against Dorsett on her breach of contract claims, finding that Dorsett failed...

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