Favorable Ruling for Energy Companies in Oilfield Dispute

BPX, Zurich American, and others sued Cameron International Corporation in Oklahoma state court for more than $65 million in connection with work that Cameron performed on an oil and gas well in DeWitt County, Texas. Cameron removed the case to federal court, even though Cameron and BPX were both citizens of Texas, claiming that BPX had been fraudulently joined as a plaintiff in an improper attempt to destroy diversity jurisdiction. BPX and Zurich American filed a Motion to Remand arguing, among other things, that the doctrine of fraudulent joinder did not apply to plaintiffs like BPX and Zurich American. The Honorable Charles B. Goodwin of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma agreed with BPX and Zurich American, noting the “pragmatic reasons to limit application of the fraudulent joinder doctrine to defendants and the absence of Tenth Circuit authority concluding that extension of the doctrine to plaintiffs is appropriate.” Therefore, Judge Goodwin concluded that federal jurisdiction did not exist and remanded the lawsuit back to Oklahoma state court.

By |2024-08-23T15:15:33-05:00October 6th, 2023|Comments Off on Favorable Ruling for Energy Companies in Oilfield Dispute

GableGotwals Welcomes Zoe Butts Dowdell to the Firm

GableGotwals is pleased to announce that Zoe E. Butts has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in the Oklahoma City office, focusing on complex civil and business litigation.

By |2025-01-21T11:33:57-06:00September 25th, 2023|Comments Off on GableGotwals Welcomes Zoe Butts Dowdell to the Firm

Eight GableGotwals Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers® in America has named 8 GableGotwals attorneys to the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” list. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.

By |2023-08-31T17:11:22-05:00August 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Eight GableGotwals Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers

Litigation Alert – The Newly Created Texas Business Court: What You Need to Know

Texas recently passed legislation creating a Business Court system to hear certain disputes between or among businesses and their owners or controlling persons and management regarding breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and the like.

By |2025-06-09T11:48:27-05:00July 17th, 2023|Comments Off on Litigation Alert – The Newly Created Texas Business Court: What You Need to Know
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