ANTERO RESOURCES, CORP. v. C&R DOWNHOLE DRILLING

No. 22-10918.

85 F.4th 741 (2023)

ANTERO RESOURCES, CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. C&R DOWNHOLE DRILLING INC; et al., Defendants, John Kawcak, Third Party Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Heidler , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Garrett Meisman , Attorney, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Ethan James Nutter , Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Jeffrey Scott Levinger , Esq., Levinger, P.C., Dallas, TX, Decker A. Cammack , Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, P.L.L.C., Fort Worth, TX, Joseph Carl Cecere, Jr. , Attorney, Cecere, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Before Clement, Elrod, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves several post-trial disagreements. Antero Resources, Corp., an oil and gas production company, sued former employee John Kawcak for breach of fiduciary duty, alleging that Kawcak abused his position of operations supervisor to award service contracts to companies owned by his close friend...

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