SONAT EXPLORATION CO. v. CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.

No. 06-0979.

271 S.W.3d 228 (2008)

SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Keith Jarrett, Thomas P. Diaz, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Sam Baxter, Rosemary T. Snider, Joel Thollander, McKool Smith, PC, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

David M. Gunn, Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, James T. Foley, Foley & Colley, P.C., Tyler, TX, Michael H. Bagot, Thomas Rayer Jr., Wagner & Bagot, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, H. Dwayne Newton, Nelson McCormick Hancock & Newton, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Christopher Tramonte, Tramonte & Associates, Houston, TX, Arthur W. Landry, Arthur W. Landry and Jeanne Andry Landry, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor.


Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case returns to us after we ordered that an insurer be allowed to argue on appeal a choice-of-law issue that its insured had waived.1 The court of appeals sustained the insurer's point, finding that Louisiana law applied because it was the place the contract was performed and was impliedly chosen by the parties. While we disagree with those reasons, we agree with the court's ultimate...

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