Panola Operating, LLC and AXE Directional Drilling, LLC v. Ironman Recycling, LLC; SWD East Texas, LLC; and GEP Haynesville II, LLC

Summary

This document is an appellant’s emergency motion asking the Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals to stay Paragraph 47(i) of a temporary injunction pending appeal. The challenged provision requires Panola Operating, LLC to vacate its role as operator of Ironman Recycling, LLC and permits the appellees to assume operatorship. The motion argues that the provision alters the status quo, causes irreparable harm, and may render the interlocutory appeal moot.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court of appeals should stay paragraph 47(i) of the temporary injunction under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.3 to preserve the parties' rights and the status quo pending appeal.
2. Whether a stay was necessary to prevent the interlocutory appeal from becoming moot by allowing appellees to obtain the ultimate relief sought—removal of Panola as operator.
3. Whether the mandatory removal of Panola as operator was inconsistent with Texas temporary-injunction principles because it altered the status quo and was allegedly unsupported by evidence of irreparable harm.

Disposition

other