Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Conoco, Inc.

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice GONZALEZ, Justice HECHT, Justice SPECTOR, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, and Justice ABBOTT join.

We grant Conoco’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion dated April 14, 1998, and substitute the following in its place.

This case requires that we review the lower courts’ interpretations of a natural gas processing and transportation agreement (the “Agreement”). The trial court adopted Conoco’s interpretation of the Agreement and rendered a $20 million judgment for Conoco based on a jury finding that Northern breached the Agreement. The court of appeals…