BP Energy v. Cox

FILED IN
BUSINESS COURT OF TEXAS
BEVERLY CRUMLEY, CLERK
ENTERED
7/16/2025
2025 Tex. Bus. 27

The Business Court of Texas,
First Division

BP Energy Company, §
Plaintiff, §
v. § Cause No. 24-BC01A-0002
Brad E. Cox, §
Defendant. §

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Memorandum Opinion and Order of Transfer
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1 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion Regarding

Defendant’s Plea to the Jurisdiction and to Transfer Case, requesting transfer

of the action to a district court in Potter County, Texas, following

Defendant’s challenge to jurisdiction on the basis that Plaintiff’s claims do

not arise from a qualified transaction as defined in Chapter 25A of the Texas

Government Code.

2 The parties notified the Court on June 26th of an agreement on

Defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction. The Court requested a summary of the
parties’ agreement by July 9th and extended the deadline to July 10th as an

accommodation to Defendant. On July 10th, Defendant’s counsel emailed

the Court that an agreed motion and order would be forthcoming that day or

“by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.” Hours later, Plaintiff filed its unopposed motion,

stating that Defendant agreed to the requested relief but not the language of

the motion. Defendant has not filed any separate motion, letter, or order.

3 Presented only with Plaintiff’s unopposed motion, the Court accepts as

true the parties’ mutual representations that the action does not meet the

jurisdictional criteria of Texas Government Code Section 25A.004(d)(1).

The Court further accepts as true Plaintiff’s representations in the motion

and accompanying certificate of conference that both parties agree venue is

proper in Potter County, Texas.

4 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this action is transferred to a

district court in Potter County, Texas, for further proceedings.

Signed July 16, 2025.

Judge Andrea K. Bouressa
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