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

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2019 WL 1306141 ( unpublished), writ denied, 2019- 00958 ( La.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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AHP

WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLE OF COURT
FOR THE COURT