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Texas Venue Selection Statute Requires $1 Million on Its Face to be a Major Transaction

By Charles Sartain on September 23, 2025

Co-author Gunner West

Defendants – five oil and gas operators – challenged a venue selection clause requiring that suits be filed in Nueces County for disputes over La Salle County acreage. In In re INEOS USA Oil & Gas LLC, (disclosure and shout out: Gray Reed lawyers Justin Lipe, Bill Drabble and David Pruitt…

Texas Court Rules in Suit Over Minerals in Another State

By Charles Sartain on May 3, 2024

Posted in Litigation, Title Issues

Scheming to find the most remote and inaccessible county in Texas (my vote is Yoakum but there is no paucity of candidates) in which to dish out Texas home-town justice to an out-of-state defendant? Consider Bauer and Braxton Minerals II v. Braxton Minerals III.

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Texas Venue Selection Statute Requires $1 Million on Its Face to be a Major Transaction

Co-author Gunner West

Texas Court Rules in Suit Over Minerals in Another State

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