Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Exxon Corp.

MURPHY, Justice.

This appeal from a severed partial summary judgment granted in favor of appel-lees, Exxon Corporation, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Producing Texas and New Mexico, Inc. Sun Gas Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Gulf Oil Corporation, Amoco Production and Paul E. Barnhart presents five questions: (1) whether the trial court’s refusal to allow additional discovery on matters disposed of in a partial summary judgment was an abuse of discretion; (2) whether the appellant, Atlantic Richfield Company, properly presented its objections to the partial summary judgment under Rule 166-A(c)…