in Re Wood Group PSN Inc., Miller Environmental Services L.L.C., Star Tex Gasoline & Oil Distributors Inc., Basic Energy Services Inc., Cameron Inc., Chacho's Vacuum Service Inc., Coastal Chemical Co. L.L.C., Flint Energy Services Inc., FTS International Services L.L.C., Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc., Murphy Exploration & Production Company - USA, Murphy Oil Corporation, Plains All American Pipeline L.P. ( 2018 )

Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
OPINION
No. 04-18-00418-CV
IN RE WOOD GROUP PSN INC.,
Miller Environmental Services L.L.C., Star Tex Gasoline & Oil Distributors Inc., Basic Energy
Services Inc., Cameron Inc., Chacho’s Vacuum Service Inc., Coastal Chemical Co. L.L.C., Flint
Energy Services Inc., FTS International Services L.L.C., Helmerich & Payne International
Drilling Co., Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc., Murphy Exploration & Production Company -
USA, Murphy Oil Corporation, Plains All American Pipeline L.P.
Original Mandamus Proceeding 1
DISSENTING OPINION TO DENIAL OF EN BANC RECONSIDERATION
Dissenting Opinion by: Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice
Sitting en banc: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
Karen Angelini, Justice
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice
Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice 2
Irene Rios, Justice
Delivered and Filed: December 12, 2018
I dissent to the denial of en banc reconsideration without requesting a response. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 49.2. Based on my review of the pleadings, I disagree that they entirely fail to assert the basis
of a claim against these relators for purposes of surviving a 91a motion to dismiss. Again, “(i)t is not
the court’s role, in reviewing the granting of a Rule 91a motion, to determine prematurely the merits
1
This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 13-05-11980-DCVAJA, styled County of Dimmit v. Murphy Exploration &
Production Co., et al., pending in the 365th Judicial District Court, Dimmit County, Texas, the Honorable Amado J.
Abascal, III presiding.
2
Not participating.
Dissenting Opinion 04-18-00418-CV
of an alleged cause of action, but rather to recognize the foundation of one.” Vasquez v. Legend Natural
Gas III, LP, 492 S.W.3d 448, 462 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2016, pet. denied) (Martinez, J.,
dissenting); TEX. R. CIV. P. 91a.
I would therefore uphold the trial court’s decision to deny the defendants’ Rule 91a motion.
Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice
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