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Co-author Chance Decker

Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. et al v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. et al reversed one of the largest jury verdicts in Texas history.  You will like this decision if:

  • You believe a party has the right to rely on the sanctity of a written contract.
  • You believe that it is proper for a court to be guided by “law and equity”.

You will not like it if:

  • You favor “partnership by ambush”, as one of Enterprise’s lawyers put it.
  • You regret that pesky pleading rules and required jury findings take the “Wild West” out of jury trials.

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les milesHow is that, you say?

  • Recruits well
  • Sometimes can’t get to TD
  • Occasional blowouts
  • Lingo often not understood by others
  • Eats/uses no more turf than necessary
  • Surely benefits from “white privilege”
  • Down but not out.

More on the Les mess:

  • Next time you encounter incompetence in action, just say, “They must work for Joe Alleva”.

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