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ANADARKO PETROLEUM v. HOUSTON CASUALTY

No. 16-1013.

573 S.W.3d 187 (2019)

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Anadarko E & P Company, L.P., Petitioners, v. HOUSTON CASUALTY COMPANY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: January 25, 2019.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cade Warren White , Westmoreland Hall PC, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 6400, Houston, TX 77002, Glenn Richard Legge , Holman Fenwick Willan , USA LLP, 5151 San Felipe, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77056, Karen Ann Conticello , Legge Farrow Kimmitt , McGrath & Brown, L.L.P., 5151 San Felipe, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77057, Adam W. Aston , Sean D. Jordan , Jackson Walker LLP, 100 Congress Ave., Suite 1100, Austin, TX 78701, Philip D. Nizialek , Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier , Finn Blossman & Areaux LLC, 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100, New Orleans, LA 70163-1102, G. Andrew Veazey , Veazey Felder & Renegar, PO Box 80948, 2 Flagg PL., Lafayette, LA 70598, for Amicus Curiae.

Joe Michels Jr. The Michels Firm, PLLC, 250 Ed English Drive, Building 3, Suite A, The Woodlands, TX 77385, John D. Shugrue   Kevin B. Dreher Reed Smith, LLP, 10 South Wacker Drive, 40th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, Marie R. Yeates , Zachary J. Howe , Vinson & Elkins LLP, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77002-6760, Michael A. Heidler Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin TX 78746-7568, for Petitioner.

Robert B. Dubose , Roger D. Townsend , Alexander Dubose , Jefferson & Townsend LLP, 1844 Harvard Street, Houston, TX 77008, Allyson Lind Wilkinson , George H. Lugrin IV , J. Clifton Hall III , Jeffrey T. Bentch , Neil E. Giles , William P. Maines , Hall Maines Lugrin, P.C., Williams Tower, 64th Floor, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056-6125, Charles T. Frazier Jr. , Alexander Dubose , Jefferson & Townsend LLP, One Energy Square, 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510, Dallas, TX 75206-4026, Rachel A. Ekery , Alexander Dubose , Jefferson & Townsend LLP, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350, Austin TX 78701-3562, for Respondent.

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