Legal Opinion
West Texas Transmission, L.P. v. Enron Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1990No. 89-5512PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
West Texas Transmission, L.P.. (“Vale-ro”) appeals from the district court’s order denying specific performance of Valero’s right of first refusal to repurchase from Enron Corporation and Northern Texas Intrastate Pipeline Company (“Enron”) a one-half interest in the TransTexas' Natural Gas Pipeline. After a bench trial, the district court found that, as a prerequisite to Valero’s pipeline acquisition, the stock pur chase agreement between Valero and Enron required Valero to receive FTC approval of the purchase. Further, according to the court, the FTC possessed…
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3Cited by61 opinions
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