Pennzoil Co. V. Texaco Inc. Case Records 1883, 1934-1988

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Pennzoil Co. V. Texaco Inc. Case Records 1883, 1934-1988

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01290/01290-P.html

These records include legal documents and other materials generated during the legal dispute between American oil companies Pennzoil and Texaco.

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Pennzoil Co., headquartered in Houston, Texas is a large oil producing, refining, and marketing company. Pennzoil traces its origins back to two companies, Zapata Petroleum and South Penn Oil Company. In 1983 Pennzoil signed an agreement with Getty Oil for the purchase of Getty. Several days after public announcement of the agreement, Texaco purchased all of Getty Oil. Pennzoil reacted by bringing a suit against Texaco for interfering with its agreement with Getty Oil. After four years of trial,...