El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Minco Oil & Gas, Inc.

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding respondents Mineo Oil & Gas, Inc. and Charles F. Doornbos as Trustee for the Charles F. Doornbos Revocable Trust damages for breach of gas purchase agreements against petitioner, El Paso Natural Gas Company. As to Mineo, the principal issue is whether the Uniform Commercial Code’s good faith obligations apply to its final release of its agreement with El Paso. We conclude that the UCC 1 does not impose a duty of good faith upon…