Schlipf v. Exxon Corp.

MURPHY, Justice.

This is an appeal by all parties except Marathon Oil Company from the trial court’s grant of appellants’ motion for summary judgment. At issue is whether the trial court erred in setting aside a written contract and imposing a constructive trust upon funds held by Appellees, and whether its grant of Appellants’ motion for summary judgment was a final, appealable order. We reverse and remand.

For clarity, all parties will be referred to as they were in the trial court. Plaintiffs in the trial court, Carl F. Schlipf (now deceased and represented by Melbert C. Schlipf as…