D-Day is Here for the ETP-Enterprise SCOTX Legal Battle

AUSTIN — For nearly a decade, Energy Transfer Partners and Enterprise Products Partners have battled each other in what is considered the most important partnership dispute in Texas since Pennzoil v. Texaco. 

The Moment of Truth is finally here for the two rival pipeline giants. By the time the sun’s morning rays brush over the roof of the state’s capitol Tuesday, an army of lawyers for both companies will have already settled into the nearby building that houses the Supreme Court of Texas, shuffling papers as they brace themselves for the tough questions to come by the nine black-robed justices of the state’s highest court.