We defended the City of Houston in a lawsuit brought by Southern Crushed Concrete (SCC) challenging the constitutionality of the City’s Concrete Crushing Site Ordinance.  In October 2009, the court issued an order and final judgment granting the City’s motion for summary judgment, denying SCC’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissing SCC’s claims with prejudice.  […]

We represented over 200 funds and clients of PIMCO in a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities involving $500 million of RALI mortgage-backed notes in which the prospectus contained an erroneous description of the credit support and principal payment sequence for the notes.  Within days of filing the case, we obtained a […]

We represented Pioneer Natural Resources Company in an insurance dispute with certain underwriters at Lloyds of London and Zurich American Insurance Co. who Pioneer alleged did not fulfill their contractual obligations to compensate Pioneer for an oil platform that was destroyed by Hurricane Rita in September 2005.  The case involved damages of over $150 million. […]

We represented the Class Representatives and a nationwide Class of over 500,000 individuals against Ford Motor Company and Williams Controls, Inc. in a products liability class action alleging that defective accelerator pedals were installed in hundreds of thousands of Ford Super Duty pick-up trucks and Ford Excursions.  The Class was certified in 2007 by the Oklahoma trial court, and after the […]

We represented Zachry Industrial Inc. in a breach of contract lawsuit against Cemex Cement of Texas stemming from Zachry’s construction of a cement line at Cemex’s Comal County plant.  Zachry sought damages of over $15 million for unpaid invoices for its work.  Cemex counterclaimed alleging that excessive work, cost and delay justify nonpayment.  The court […]

On February 23, 2010, the Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment dismissing all claims against ConocoPhillips Company and others arising out of ConocoPhillips’ sale of natural gas pipelines and processing plants near San Angelo, Texas.  Plaintiff WTG Gas Processing, L.P. (WTG) alleged it had an oral contract to purchase the assets, and filed suit against […]

Following a complex three-month jury trial against the Port of Houston Authority—and a resulting jury verdict for Gibbs & Bruns client Zachry Construction Corporation—the trial court entered final judgment on April 28, 2010 awarding Zachry $23.4 million in damages.  This breach of contract lawsuit arose from the Port’s last-minute rejection of a contractually approved construction method […]

We represented Pioneer Natural Resources Company and Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. in a complex matter in which certain investors in the Mesa Offshore Royalty Trust sued Pioneer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Woodside Energy (USA), Inc. in connection with the development of certain offshore oil and gas properties.  Plaintiffs alleged Defendants attempted to improperly […]

On December 3, 2007, the California Superior Court in San Diego County granted summary judgment on all claims in favor of the former outside director and audit committee chairman of Peregrine Systems represented by our firm.  Plaintiffs had unsuccessfully asserted a number of violations of California securities laws and various California common-law causes of action […]

  On June 23, 2009, Gibbs & Bruns achieved a record $1.7 billion settlement package for Huntsman Corporation in the widely followed trial of Huntsman’s claims against investment banks Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.  Under the terms of the settlement, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank paid Huntsman $632 million cash and provided Huntsman with $1.1 billion […]