Houston Pipe Line Co. v. O'Connor & Hewitt, Ltd.

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice VALDEZ.

Appellee and real party in interest, O’Connor & Hewitt, Ltd., (“O’Connor”) brought a lawsuit against appellants and relators, Houston Pipe Line Company L.P., Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., and La Grange Acquisition, L.P. (collectively “Houston Pipe Line”), contending that they manipulated the Platts Index for the Houston Ship Channel Hub downward, thus reducing the price paid to O’Connor for gas it sold to these entities under a Gas Purchase Agreement. 1 Through this consolidated interlocutory appeal and petition for writ of…