Atmos Energy Corp. v. Abbott

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of appellants’ request for declaratory relief. Appellants, Atmos Energy Corporations (“Atmos”) and Enermart Energy Services Trust (“Enermart”), natural gas sellers, brought a declaratory-judgment suit against the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) in Travis County, seeking a declaration that a state statute purporting to set the price of natural gas sold to agricultural users did not apply to them. 1 In the alternative, if the court found the statute applied, they asked that it be found unconstitutional. Prior to seeking…