Case Overview

Represented BP America in a trial regarding claims for the termination of a multimillion-dollar oil and gas lease, represented a jury finding that the lease in question produced in paying quantities. In one of the most consequential “production in paying quantities” cases in the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a full take-nothing judgment in BP America’s favor after holding that the only material question asked of the jury was the one answered in BP America’s favor.  BP Am. Prod. Co. v. red Deer Res., LLC, 526 S. W. 3d 389 (Tex. 2017).