HEGAR v. GULF COPPER & MFG. CORP.

No. 17-0894.

601 S.W.3d 668 (2020)

Glenn HEGAR, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Petitioners, v. GULF COPPER & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Hohengarten , Asst. Attorney General Financial Litigation Division, Tax Division, Brantley David Starr , Office of the Attorney General, Charles K. Eldred , Financial & Tax Litigation Division, Office of the Attorney General, Darren Lee McCarty , Office of the Attorney General, James Edward Davis , The University of Texas at Austin, Jeffrey C. Mateer , Texas Attorney General's Office, First Asst. Attorney General, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, Austin TX, for Petitioners.

James F. Martens , Danielle V. Ahlrich , Martens Todd Leonard & Ahlrich, Amanda Garrett Taylor , Butler Snow LLP, Austin TX, for Respondent.


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