Case Name: KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.; Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline GP, Inc.; Texas Gas, LLC; Houston Pipeline Company; HPL GP, LLC; Gulf Energy Marketing, LLC; KM Texas Pipeline, LP; Midcon Corp.; AEP Gas Marketing, L.P.; and Shell U.S. Gas & Power, LLC v. CIRCUIT COURT of MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Weldon Johnson; and Angela Sullivan Engledowl
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2008-02-14
Citations: 372 Ark. 358
Docket Number: 07-953
Parties: KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.; Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline GP, Inc.; Texas Gas, LLC; Houston Pipeline Company; HPL GP, LLC; Gulf Energy Marketing, LLC; KM Texas Pipeline, LP; Midcon Corp.; AEP Gas Marketing, L.P.; and Shell U.S. Gas & Power, LLC v. CIRCUIT COURT of MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Weldon Johnson; and Angela Sullivan Engledowl
Judges: Hannah, C.J., and Danielson, J., concur.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 372
Pages: 358–360

Head Matter:
KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.; Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline GP, Inc.; Texas Gas, LLC; Houston Pipeline Company; HPL GP, LLC; Gulf Energy Marketing, LLC; KM Texas Pipeline, LP; Midcon Corp.; AEP Gas Marketing, L.P.; and Shell U.S. Gas & Power, LLC v. CIRCUIT COURT of MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Weldon Johnson; and Angela Sullivan Engledowl
07-953
276 S.W.3d 242
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered February 14, 2008
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, by: J. Clifford Gunter III and Andrew M. Edison; Hart, Cranford, Shaw, & Freeze, LLP, by: Nelson v. Shaw; and Wright, Lindsey &Jennings LLP, by: Troy A. Price, for petitioners.
Patton, Roberts, McWilliams & Capshaw, by: Phillip N. Cockrell, Richard A. Adams, and Shivali Sharma; Keil & Goodson, by: John C. Goodson and Matt Keil; Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP, by: C. Cary Patterson and Michael B. Angelovich; James M. Pratt, Jr. PA, by: James M. Pratt, Jr.; and Eggleston & Briscoe, by: Wade Vandiver and Bill Eggleston, for respondents.

Opinion:
Robert L. Brown, Justice.
Kinder Morgan Texas : Pipeline, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.; Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, L.P.; Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline GP, Inc.; Texas Gas, LLC; Houston Pipeline Company; HPL GP, LLC; Gulf Energy Marketing, LLC; KM Texas Pipeline, LP; Midcon Corp.; AEP Gas Marketing, L.P.; and Shell U.S. Gas & Power, LLC (collectively "Kinder Morgan") petition this court for writs of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition to direct the Miller County Circuit Court to follow this court's mandate in Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Miller County Circuit Court, 370 Ark. 190, 258 S.W.3d 336 (2007) (Centerpoint I) and to dismiss plaintiffs' claims. For the reasons stated in Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Miller County Circuit Court, 372 Ark. 343, 276 S.W.3d 231 (2008) (Centerpoint II), a companion to this case, this court issues a writ of mandamus to require the circuit court to follow the mandate issued in Centerpoint I, which held that the circuit court was wholly without jurisdiction over all claims as they relate to Arkansas customers. In addition, this court issues a writ of prohibition because, if the circuit court is wholly without jurisdiction over all claims as they relate to Arkansas customers, venue is improper in Miller County.
Writ of mandamus granted; writ of prohibition granted; writ of certiorari moot.
Hannah, C.J., and Danielson, J., concur.
Gunter, J., not participating.