Legal Opinion
In Re BPZ Resources, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided March 9, 2012No. 14-11-00923-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.
On October 21, 2011, relators BPZ Resources, Inc and BPZ Energy, Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex.R.App. P. 52. In the petition, relators ask this court to compel the Honorable Robert Schaffer, presiding judge of the 152nd District Court of Harris County to vacate his order denying their motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. We conditionally grant the petition.
I. Background
On January 30, 2008, a Peruvian-flagged oil tanker named the “B.A.P. Supe” (“Supe”) exploded and sank…
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