Legal Opinion
Pennzoil Co. v. Getty Oil Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided February 15, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chancellor.
The plaintiff, Pennzoil Company (“Pennzoil”), following the denial of its application for a preliminary injunction, has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(i) as to Texaco, Inc. (“Texaco”), one of the four defendants named in the original and amended complaint. On the same date that Pennzoil filed this notice of voluntary dismissal as to Texaco, it filed a new action against Texaco in the District Court of Harris County, Texas alleging the same cause of action against Texaco that it had alleged in this action. Texaco has responded to this…
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