FIRST OIL PLC v. ATP OIL & GAS CORP.

No. 01-07-00703-CV.

264 S.W.3d 767 (2008)

FIRST OIL PLC, Appellant, v. ATP OIL & GAS CORPORATION and ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Ltd., Appellees.

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

Rehearing En Banc Overruled June 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Garrison Newton, Kevin T. Jacobs Stephen G. Tipps, Samuel W. Cooper, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Edward J. Murphy, Brit T. Brown, Jeffery T. Nobles and William B. Stanfill, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices TAFT, KEYES, and ALCALA.


OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, appellant, First Oil PLC (First Oil), appeals from the trial court's order denying its special appearance in the lawsuit filed by appellees, ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (ATP Texas) and ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Ltd. (ATPUK). See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp.2007). More than two years after the appellees filed the lawsuit, they amended their pleadings...

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