Case Overview

Represented Roxo Energy, a Fort Worth-based oil and gas acquisition and development company, and its private equity backer in a series of lawsuits filed in Howard County, Texas, collectively seeking more than $25 million in damages related to leasing and mineral purchase transactions. 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 successfully obtained discretionary review from the Supreme Court of Texas, and 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) (per curiam).