ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSING v. FPL FARMING

No. 12-0905.

457 S.W.3d 414 (2015)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS, L.C., Petitioner, v. FPL FARMING LTD., Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 6, 2015.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey H. Bracken , Gardere Wynne Sewell, L.L.P., Houston, Leslie Ritchie Robnett , Mark A. Mayfield , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Austin, Peter Scaff , Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Association of Energy Service Companies.

Andy McSwain , Fulbright Winniford PC, Waco, for Amicus Curiae Texas Farm Bureau.

Samara L. Kline , Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Christina T. Wisdom , Wisdom Law PLLC, Austin, Jay Lloyd Krystinik , Bryan Cave LLP, Dallas, Robert F. Van Voorhees , Washington, DC, Thomas J. Adair , Pierce & O'Neill, LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae The Texas Chemical Council and The Underground Injection Technology Council.

Craig T. Enoch , Melissa Prentice Lori ber , Enoch Kever PLLC, Austin, Richard G. Baker , Baker & Zbranek, P.C., Liberty, for Petitioner Environmental Processing Systems, L.C.

C.B. Stratton , Stratton Law Firm, Liberty, Christopher Jene Richart , Claudia Wilson Frost ," DLA Piper LLP, Hutson Brit Smelley , Edison, McDowell & Hetherington LLP, Justin Brett Busby , Paul L. Mitchell , Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, for Respondent FPL Farming Ltd.


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