Foree v. Crown Central Petroleum Corporation

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

In this suit by petitioners, as plaintiffs, against respondents, as defendants, for damages for unjust discrimination in the purchase of crude oil, the trial court granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment and rendered judgment that plaintiffs take nothing. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 417 S.W.2d 499. We reverse the judgments of both courts and remand the cause to the trial court.

The instant case represents one phase of rather lengthy litigation growing out of a complaint filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas by B. A. Duffy charging that…