JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. ORCA ASSETS G.P.

No. 15-0712.

546 S.W.3d 648 (2018)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., et al., Petitioners, v. ORCA ASSETS G.P., L.L.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: March 23, 2018.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan A. Young , Stephanie F. Cagniart , Thomas R. Phillips , Baker Botts L.L.P. Kevin M. Beiter , McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore LLP, Austin TX, David Jed Williams , Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated, San Antonio TX, Jessica B. Pulliam , Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas TX, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

David B. Gaultney , Elana S. Einhorn , Mehaffy Weber, P.C., Austin TX, Deborah G. Hankinson , Stephanie D. Nelson , Hankinson LLP, Dallas TX, Ernest W. Boyd , Butch Boyd Law Firm, Michelle R. Meriam , Timothy F. Lee , Wendy Marcia Bishop , Ware, Jackson, Lee, O'Neill Smith & Barrow, LLP, Houston TX, H. Allen Pennington Jr. , James G. Bennett , Pennington Hill LP, Fort Worth TX, Patricia D. Chamblin , Mehaffy & Weber P.C., Beaumont TX, for Orca Assets G.P., L.L.C.


In this case, we must determine whether the lessee of certain mineral interests justifiably relied on extra-contractual representations by the lessor's agent despite "red flags" and a negation-of-warranty clause in the sales documents explicitly placing the risk of title failure on the lessee. Because...

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