Case Overview

Represented Roxo Energy, a Fort Worth-based oil and gas acquisition and development company, in a series of lawsuits filed in Howard and Borden Counties, Texas, collectively seeking more than $45 million in damages related to leasing and mineral purchase transactions. Prevailed in the Borden County lawsuit with a unanimous "take nothing" jury verdict following a March 2022 trial that was covered in Texas Lawyer. Subsequently prevailed in the Howard County litigation on a summary judgment. In 2023, the Eastland Court of Appeals reversed the trial court, finding fact issues potentially precluding summary judgment. Roxo and its affiliates filed a petition for review to the Supreme Court of Texas. The Court requested a response to the petition and then requested that the parties file full briefs-on-the-merits. In a May, 2025 per curiam opinion, the Court reversed the Eastland Court of Appeals and reinstated the entire trial court's judgment in Roxo's favor. Roxo Energy Co., LLC v. Baxsto, LLC, 713 S.W.3d 404 (Tex. 2025).