Legal Opinion
Tana Oil and Gas Corp. v. Bates
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided October 22, 1998No. 03-98-00083-CVPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Appellants, Tana Oil and Gas Corporation and Teco Gas Marketing Company (“Tana”), bring this interlocutory appeal of an order certifying a class, represented by Garth C. Bates and Richard G. Cernosek (the “Bates class”), in a cause involving the alleged breach of contract regarding royalties from oil and gas leases, and breach of the implied covenant to market the gas represented by those leases. In five points of error Tana charges the trial court with abuse of its discretion in (1) improperly deciding the merits in a certification hearing; (2) finding the required commonality…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Amoco Production Co. v. AlexanderTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Life Insurance Co. of Southwest v. BristerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Snell, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1993
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Polaris Industries, Inc. v. McDonald, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003
- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Stromboe, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- Tana Oil and Gas Corp. v. Cernosek, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2006
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