Pontchartrain Natural Gas System, k/d/s Promix, L.L.C., and Acadian Gas Pipeline System v. Texas Brine Company, LLC

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

PONTCHARTRAIN NATURAL GAS NO. 2020 CW 1179 SYSTEM, K/ D/ S PROMIX, L. L. C., AND ACADIAN GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM

VERSUS

TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC MARCH 15, 2021

In Re: Occidental Chemical Corporation, OXY USA, Inc., and

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, for applying supervisory writs, 23rd Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption, No. 34265.

BEFORE: McDONALD, PENZATO, AND ZANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court' s denial of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and OXY USA, Inc.' s, motion to the stay pending arbitration panel' s determination of arbitrability of all claims asserted between Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, OXY USA, Inc., and Texas Brine LLC is Company, reversed, and Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and OXY USA, Inc.' s, motion to stay pending the arbitration panel' s determination of arbitrability of all claims is granted. Pontchartrain Natural Gas System v. Texas Brine Company, LLC, 2018- 1249 ( La. 1st App. Cir. 12/ 30/ 20), So. 3d , 2020 WL 7770465. All causes of action asserted in this action between Texas Brine Company, LLC, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and OXY USA, Inc. are hereby stayed pending a determination of arbitrability of the claims between these parties by the arbitration panel and the arbitration of the claims subject thereto. See Assumption Parish Police Jury v.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, 2018- 0364 ( La. App. lst Cir. 3/ 19/ 19), 2019 WL 1306141 ( unpublished), writ denied, 2019- 00958 ( La. 9/ 24/ 19), 279 So. 3d 936.

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