Tri-Star Petroleum Company v. Tipperary Corporation and Tipperary Oil & Gas (Australia) PYD LTD.

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

TRI-STAR PETROLEUM COMPANY, ))

Appellant, ) No. 08-02-00107-CV)

v. ) Appeal from the)

TIPPERARY CORPORATION, TIPPERARY ) 238th District Court

OIL & GAS CORPORATION, and )

TIPPERARY OIL & GAS (AUSTRALIA), ) of Midland County, Texas

PTY LTD., )

Appellees. ) (TC# CV-42,265)))

O P I N I O N

This is an accelerated, interlocutory appeal from a temporary injunction order that requires Appellant, Tri‑Star Petroleum Company (ATri‑Star@), to relinquish operations and cease acting as Operator of the Comet Ridge Project and prohibits Tri‑Star from interfering…