WEATHERFORD INT'L, LLC v. CITY OF MIDLAND

No. 11-20-00255-CV.

652 S.W.3d 905 (2022)

WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, LLC and Weatherford U.S., L.P., Appellants v. CITY OF MIDLAND, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Opinion filed August 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Addison III , J. Stephen Gibson , Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Dallas, James R. Ray III , Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Austin, Casey Minnes Carter , Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Houston, for Appellant.

Lauren Thomas , Nathan Vassar , Jose E. De La Fuente , Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin, for Appellee.

David W. Jones , Joshua S. Smith , Houston, for Civil — Amicus Curiae Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. and NCZ I, Inc.

Jean M. Flores , James Daniel Payne , Dallas, for Civil — Amicus Curiae Hy-Bon Engineering Company, Inc.

Keith Walton Lapeze , Houston, Jacob M. Davidson , Austin, Taylor Shipman , David W. Jones , Houston, David James Tuckfield , Craig A. Stanfield , Houston, Richard M. Simses , C. H. (Hal) Brockett Jr. , Lisa A. Paulson , Austin, James Robert Sheppard III , Jose E. De La Fuente , Austin, Nathan Vassar , Jean M. Flores , Dallas, Lauren Thomas , Christopher Bell , Houston, Robert P. Crumpler, Jr. , Austin, Murray A. "Trey" Crutcher III , Janis E. Clements , Austin, James Daniel Payne , Dallas, Jill C. Pennington , Austin, Michael J. Kuykendall , Odessa, Stephen Pocsik , for Ab-Tex Beverage, Ltd. et al.

Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J., Trotter, J., and Williams, J.


OPINION

This is an interlocutory appeal from the grant of a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of Appellee, the City of Midland (the City). See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(8) (West Supp. 2021). Appellants, Weatherford International, LLC and Weatherford U.S., L.P. (collectively...

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