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Unanimous Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Controversial Jury Verdict — No “Common Law” Business Partnership in Texas

On July 18, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas reversed an over $450 million trial judgment in Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 05-14-01383-CV, 2017 WL 3033312 (Tex. App. —Dallas July 18, 2017, no pet. h.).