Supreme Court of Texas
HILCO ELEC. COOP. v. MIDLOTHIAN BUTANE GAS CO., INC., 01-0336
Petitioners failed to establish conclusively that the creation and ownership of a for-profit propane business furthered a proper purpose for a cooperative created under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/20/2002
- Decided 07/03/2003
- Published 07/03/2003
Judges
- Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice O'NEILL, Justice SCHNEIDER, Justice SMITH, and Justice WAINWRIGHT joined.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Scott Steven Cooley,Marc O. Knisely, Patricia D. Pope, Clayton James Barton, Campbell McGinnis, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, Martha McGregor, McGregor McGregor & Carmichael, Hillsboro, for petitioners.
- For Appellees:
- Michael G. Cosby, Pakis Giotes Page & Burleson, P.C., Waco, Johnnie B. Rogers, Austin, Henry Moore, Gregg William Hill, Sims Moore Hill & Gannon LLP, Hillsboro, for respondents.