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HOUSTON PIPE LINE CO. v. O'CONNOR & HEWITT

Nos. 13-07-00299-CV, 13-07-00362-CV.

269 S.W.3d 90 (2008)

HOUSTON PIPE LINE COMPANY, L.P. d/b/a Houston Pipe Line Company, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., and LA Grange Acquisition, L.P. d/b/a Energy Transfer Company, Appellants, v. O'CONNOR & HEWITT, LTD., Appellee. In re Houston Pipe Line Company, L.P. d/b/a Houston Pipe Line Company, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., and LA Grange Acquisition, L.P. d/b/a Energy Transfer Company.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

August 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Schwartz, Kelley M. Keller, Heather A. Lohman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Houston, John W. Griffin, Jr., David C. Griffin, Marek, Griffin & Knaupp, Ronald B. Walker, Walker, Keeling & Carroll, James W. Cole, Cole, Mcmanus, Cole & Easley, William F. Seerden, Cullen, Carsner, Seerden & Cullen, Victoria, Timothy S. Perkins, Dallas, for appellants in 13-07-00299-CV.

Stanley Binion, Thomas J. Sims, Binion & Sims, Houston, Gilberto Hinojosa, Magallanes & Hinojosa, Brownsville, for appellees in 13-07-00299-CV.

Charles W. Schwartz, Kelley M. Keller, Heather A. Lohman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Houston, John W. Griffin, Jr., David C. Griffin, Marek, Griffin & Knaupp, for relators in 13-07-00362-CV.

Stanley Binion, Thomas J. Sims, Houston, for real party in interest in 13-07-00362-CV.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices GARZA and VELA.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice VALDEZ.

Appellee and real party in interest, O'Connor & Hewitt, Ltd., ("O'Connor") brought a lawsuit against appellants and relators, Houston Pipe Line Company L.P., Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., and La Grange Acquisition, L.P. (collectively "Houston Pipe Line"), contending that they manipulated the Platts Index for the Houston Ship Channel Hub downward, thus reducing the price paid to...

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