Legal Opinion

Butler v. Exxon Corporation

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 16, 1977No. 6644Published

1Opinion of the Court

559 S.W.2d 410 (1977)

Ted BUTLER et al., Appellants,

v.

EXXON CORPORATION, Appellee.

No. 6644.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

November 16, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1977.

Cox, Smith, Smith, Hale & Guenther, Inc., Eugene B. Labay, Richard T. Brady, San Antonio, for appellants.

Baker & Botts, Frank G. Harmon, Michael Paul Graham, Diana M. Hudson, Walter B. Morgan, Houston, Walter B. Morgan, Exxon Co., Houston, for appellee.

Anderson, Brown, Orn & Jones, Earl A. Brown, Jr., Houston, for amicus curiae Earl A. Brown, Jr.

Strasburger & Price, Leo J. Hoffman, Dallas, for amicus curiae…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Benge v. ScharbauerTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Reynolds v. McMan Oil & Gas Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  4. Texas Oil & Gas Corporation v. VelaTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Southland Royalty Co. v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1964

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