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WALTER v. MARATHON OIL CORP.

Nos. 14-12-00011-CV, 14-12-01123-CV.

422 S.W.3d 848 (2014)

J.C. WALTER, III, Carole Walter Looke, J.C. Walter, Jr., Ltd., F. Fox Benton, III, Moreno Energy, Inc., William C. Oehmig, The Cain 1988 Descendants' Trust, Mary H. Cain, Mary H. Cain Marital Trust, Robert D. Jolly, Howard Chapman, Ruth B. Smalley, Arthur L. Smalley, III, Tom E. Smalley, Barbara Beth Frank Sharman Trust, Janis Kay Frank Henry Trust, and Margaret Weaver, Appellants v. MARATHON OIL CORPORATION and Marathon E.G. LPG Limited, Appellees. In re J.C. Walter, III, Carole Walter Looke, J.C. Walter, Jr., Ltd., F. Fox Benton, III, Moreno Energy, Inc., William C. Oehmig, The Cain 1988 Descendants' Trust, Mary H. Cain, Mary H. Cain Marital Trust, Robert D. Jolly, Howard Chapman, Ruth B. Smalley, Arthur L. Smalley, III, Tom E. Smalley, Barbara Beth Frank Sharman Trust, Janis Kay Frank Henry Trust, and Margaret Weaver, Relators.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

January 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr. , William Fred Hagans , Houston, for Appellants in No. 14-12-00011-CV.

William Fred Hagans , Houston, Christopher M. Odell , Houston, for Relators in No. 14-12-01123-CV.

Michael D. Robbins , James E. Doyle , Houston, for Appellees in No. 14-12-00011-CV.

James E. Doyle , Houston, for Real Party in Interest in No. 14-12-01123-CV.

Panel consists of Justices BOYCE, JAMISON, and BUSBY.

OPINION

J. BRETT BUSBY, Justice.

The central question presented by this case is: When one participant in a business agrees to pay another using a formula, and some disputes about the formula are resolved in an arbitration award confirmed by a court judgment, does the court abuse its discretion by declining to interpret the award to resolve other disputes about the formula that were not expressly addressed in the award? We hold that the answer is no.

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