White Star Energy, Inc and County Royalty Acquisition Program, Inc. D/B/A Reagan County Royalty Company, Inc. v. Ridgefield Permian Minerals, LLC.

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-24-00063-CV
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White Star Energy, Inc. and County Royalty Acquisition Program, Inc.
d/b/a Reagan County Royalty Company, Inc., Appellants

v.

Ridgefield Permian Minerals, LLC, Appellee

On Appeal from the 112th District Court
Reagan County, Texas
Trial Court No. CV02505

JUDGMENT
The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes that the trial court erred

in denying Appellants’ motion for summary judgment and in granting Appellee’s motion for

summary judgment. But because the summary judgment proceedings took place without the

benefit of the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Gill v. Hill, 688 S.W.3d 863 (Tex. 2024), which

substantially clarified the applicable law and likely would have affected the parties’ motion

practice, we vacate the judgment of the court below and remand the cause under Texas Rule of

Appellate Procedure 43.3(b) for further proceedings in accordance with this Court’s opinion.

We further find that under these circumstances, good cause exists to split the costs of appeal
and accordingly order that such costs are taxed equally against both sides, for which let execution

issue. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED 31st day of October 2025.

LISA J. SOTO, Justice

Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.
Palafox, J., dissenting (opinion forthcoming)