Brigham Exploration Company, Ben M. Brigham, David T. Brigham, Harold D. Carter, Stephen P. Reynolds, Stephen C. Hurley, Hobart A. Smith, Scott W. Tinker, Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc. v. Raymond Boytim, Hugh Duncan, Robert Fioravanta, Walter Schwimmer, Michael Ohler, Ryan Ohler, Walter Ohler, Jr., the Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust and the Edward J. Goodman Generation Skipping Trust, Jeffrey Whalen, and Howard Weisberg, Individually

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 15, 2016
• Docket: 03-15-00248-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

JUDGMENT RENDERED JUNE 15, 2016

NO. 03-15-00248-CV

Brigham Exploration Company, Ben M. Brigham, David T. Brigham, Harold D. Carter, Stephen P. Reynolds, Stephen C. Hurley, Hobart A. Smith, Scott W. Tinker, Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc., Appellants

v.

Raymond Boytim, Hugh Duncan, Robert Fioravanta, Walter Schwimmer, Michael Ohler, Ryan Ohler, Walter Ohler, Jr., The Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust and The Edward J. Goodman Generation Skipping Trust, Jeffrey Whalen, and Howard Weisberg, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, Appellees

APPEAL FROM THE 201ST DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY BEFORE JUSTICES PURYEAR, GOODWIN, AND FIELD REVERSED AND REMANDED -- OPINION BY JUSTICE GOODWIN

This is an appeal from the interlocutory order signed by the trial court on April 9, 2015. Having

reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments, the Court holds that there was reversible error in

the court’s interlocutory order. Therefore, the Court reverses the trial court’s interlocutory order

and remands the case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with the Court’s

opinion. The appellees shall pay all costs relating to this appeal, both in this Court and in the

court below.