urn:taro:utexas.cah.01290 A Guide to the Pennzoil Co. V. Texaco Inc. Case Records, 1883, 1934-1988 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. November 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Pennzoil Company Pennzoil Co. V. Texaco Inc. Case Records 1883, 1934-1988 Materials are written in English. 88-208; 88-377; 92-428; 93-469; 96-156 circa 52 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin These records include legal documents and other materials generated during the legal dispute between American oil companies Pennzoil and Texaco. Historical Note

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, Pennzoil was awarded a $10.3 billion settlement in 1988. At the time the settlement was the largest in history. A major part of the Texaco settlement was used by Pennzoil to purchase shares of the Chevron Corporation in subsequent years.

 Scope and Contents

These records, donated by the Pennzoil Co. of Houston, are legal documents and other materials generated during the legal dispute between American oil companies Pennzoil and Texaco. The records include 23,000 pages of trial transcripts, a set of all depositions taken in the case, the legal documents and pleadings entered in state and federal courts, case records kept by UT Law School Dean Mark Yudof and major news coverage of the litigation. Stanford University received materials pertaining to contract issues in the case and Northwestern University received items related to public relations issues and press accounts of the trial. Oral histories related to the trial can be found in Briscoe Center’s Pennzoil-Texaco Dispute Oral History Collection.

The records are arranged in 3 series: Trial Records, Media Coverage and Public Relations, and Yudoff Files.

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Unrestricted access.

 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Getty Oil Company -- Trials, litigation, etc. Pennzoil Company -- Trials, litigation, etc. Texaco, inc. -- Trials, litigation, etc. Subjects Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- Mergers Petroleum law and legislation -- United States. Preferred Citation

Pennzoil Co. V. Texaco Inc. Case Records, 1883, 1934-1988, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Related Material

See also Pennzoil-Texaco Dispute Oral History Collection

 Description of the Papers I. Trial Records 4J574 Videotaped depositions 4J575 Trial Transcripts: 4J575 [PZL box #1] 4J576 [PZL box #2] 4J577 [PZL box #3] 4J578 [PZL box #4] 4J579 [PZL box #5] 4J580 [PZL box #6] 4J581 [PZL box #7] 4J582 [PZL box #8] 4J583 [PZL box #9] 4J584 [PZL box #10] 4J585 [PZL box #11] 4J586 [PZL box #12] 4J587 Texas Pleadings: 4J587 [PZL box #13] 4J588 [PZL box #14] 4J589 New York Pleadings: 4J589 [PZL box #15] 4J590 U. S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit – Pleadings: 4J590 [PZL box #16] 4J591 U. S. Supreme Court – Pleadings: 4J591 [PZL box #17] 4J592 Court of Appeals (Texas) – Pleadings: 4J592 [PZL box #18] 4J593 [PZL box #19] 4J594 Texas Supreme Court – Pleadings: 4J594 [PZL box #20] 4J595 Bankruptcy Documents: 4J595 [PZL box #21] 4J596 District Court, Harris County, 151st Judicial District – Depositions: 4J596 [PZL box #22]: 4J596 Barber, Perry O. 4J596 Barrow, Thomas 4J596 Boisi, Geoffrey T. 4J596 Bovaird, Wiliam J. 4J596 Bugbee, Joan B. 4J596 Bybee, William C. 4J597 [PZL box #23]: 4J597 Capodieci, Barbara J. 4J597 Cialone, Joseach A., II 4J597 Cohler, Charles B. 4J597 Commons, Dorman 4J597 Copley, Ralph D., Jr. 4J598 [PZL box #24]: 4J598 Dechert, Price and Rhoads by Steven Feirson 4J598 DeCrane, Alfred C., Jr. 4J598 Charles W., Jr. 4J598 Fridge, Clifton H. 4J598 Getty, Gordon P. 4J599 [PZL box #25]: 4J599 Glanville, James W. 4J599 Goldman, Sachs & Co. by Steven M. Heller 4J599 Goodrum, Moulton A 4J600 [PZL box #26]: 4J600 Greenhill, Robert F. 4J600 Griffith, William C. 4J600 Gromatzky, Carl R. 4J600 Hackerman, Norman 4J600 Haynes, Harold J. 4J600 Harper, Robert G. 4J601 [PZL box #27]: 4J601 Hazen, Sally S. 4J601 Hemeyer, Terry 4J601 Hertz, Seymour 4J601 Hopkins, Randall A. 4J601 Howe, Richard J. 4J602 [PZL box #28]: 4J602 Johnson, Patrick 4J602 Katz, Stuart Z. 4J602 Kerr, Baine P. 4J602 Kinnear, James W. 4J602 Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter 4J603 [PZL box #29]: 4J603 Liedtke, J. Hugh 4J603 Liman, Arthur L. 4J603 Loomis, William R., Jr. 4J603 Luke, Norman J. 4J603 Lynch, Patrick J. 4J604 [PZL box #30]: 4J604 McKinley, John K. 4J604 McMahan, Cynthia 4J604 McMahon, Colleen 4J604 Nulty, Peter 4J604 Petersen, Sidney R. 4J604 Pfeffer, Larry P. 4J604 Powell, Thomas C. 4J604 Rizk, Fred C. 4J604 Salomon Brothers by Michael S. Bruno 4J605 [PZL box #31]: 4J605 Sechrest, Jeffrey R. 4J605 Seltzer, Richard S. 4J605 Shaddix, James W. 4J605 Siegel, Martin A. 4J605 Sortor, Harold E. 4J605 Thomas O. Pendleton 4J605 Vlahakis, Patricia 4J606 [PZL box #32]: 4J606 Weitzel, William C. 4J606 Williams, Harold M. 4J606 Winokur, Barton J. 4J606 Woodhouse, Thomas E. 4J606 Woods, Ward W., Jr. 4J607 Court of Chancery, State of Delaware, New Castle County – Pleadings: 4J607 [PZL box #33] 4J607 Kidder, Peabody & Co. by John J. Hannan 4J607 Liedtke, J. Hugh 4J607 McKinley, John K. 4J607 Siegel, Martin A. 4J607 Wasserstein, Bruce 4J608 Court of Chancery, State of Delaware, New Castle County – Pleadings: 4J608 [PZL box #34] 4J609 U. S. District Court, Oklahoma – Pleadings: 4J609 [PZL box #35] 4J493 Miscellaneous materials related to trial: 4J493 Index to Court Records 4J493 Research documents 4J573c Getty employee response to Pennzoil merger and Texaco takeover 4J573c “A History of Baker and Botts, Law Firm, 1866-1989.” 4J573c The Review of Litigation, Summer 1990. 4J573c History of Geology at the University of Texas. 4J573c Spectator ticket and seating, Court of Appeals, U. S. Supreme Court II. Media Coverage and Public Relations 4J610 Newspaper Clippings: 4J610 Books 1-5 4J611 Books 6-10 4J612 Books 11-15 4J613 Books 16-19 4J614 Executive Summary of News Coverage, 1983-1988 4J614 Press Releases and Statements 4J614 VHS Videotapes: 4J614 “The Pennzoil-Getty-Texaco Case: A Complete Television News History, from 1983-1988” (Videotapes 1-19) 3W96a Texaco Press Conference, November 3, 1987 3W96a Pennzoil Analyst Briefing, Questions and Answers 3W96a Highlights of Oct. ’87 Pennzoil Analyst Meeting 52 4J574 CNN, James Kinear, June 23, 1990 4J574 C-Span, J. Hugh Liedtke, undated 4J574 “Out of Control!: The Story of Corporate Recklessness in the Petrochemical Industry.” 4J493 Communications materials, publication and shareholder mailings 4J493 Advertisements 4J493 Books about trial 3So57 Original artwork: 3So57 Cartoons about trial

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 III. Yudof Files

[Note: Copies of a detailed inventory of the Yudoff Files can be found in box 4J494 or in the collection's holding record.]

 4J494 Court Documents 4J495 Court Documents 4J496 Court Documents 4J497 Court Documents 4J498 Court Documents 4J498 Memorandums: 4J498 June 11, 1984 – August 3, 1987 4J498 Correspondence: 4J498 April 19, 1984 – May 20, 1988 4J499 Case supplements 4J499 Law reviews 4J499 Photocopied excerpts from legal books 4J499 Speeches 4J499 News Releases 4J499 Ephemera 4J499 Newspapers and Periodicals: 4J499 March 1984 – June 26, 1988 4J500 Miscellaneous Documents 4J501 Briefs 4J501 Charges 4J501 Exhibits 4J501 Affidavits