Trustee:  Texas High Court Review Needed Regarding Procedural Safeguards

(October 9, 2020, 1:22 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The trustee and the debtor-in-possession for bankrupt hydraulic fracturing company Primera Energy LLC on Aug. 14 filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court seeking review of a lower court’s ruling, which the trustee argues “effectively eliminates” the safeguards provided in Texas Rules of Civil Procedure that protect a litigant’s right to be heard on the merits before a judgment is entered (Jason Searcy v. R.W. Dirks Petroleum Engineer Inc., No. 20-0632, Texas Sup.)....

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