March 27, 2009 Mr. Shannon H. Ratliff Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C. Congress Ave., Suite 3100 Austin, Tx 78701-2984 Honorable Eileen F. O'Neill Ware, Jackson, Lee & Chambers, L.L.P. America Tower, 42nd Floor 2929 Allen Parkway Houston, TX 77019 Ms. Deborah G. Hankinson Hankinson Levinger LLP N. St. Paul St., Suite 1800 Dallas, TX 75201 Mr. David P. Wilson Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. P.O. Box 4905 Beaumont, TX 77704 RE: Case Number: 05-1076 Court of Appeals Number: 13-00-00104-CV Trial Court Number: 96-7-8148 Style: EXXON CORPORATION AND EXXON TEXAS, INC. v. EMERALD OIL & GAS COMPANY, L.C. AND LAURIE T. MIESCH, ET AL.

Dear Counsel: Today the Supreme Court of Texas delivered the enclosed opinion and judgment in the above-referenced cause. (Justice O'Neill not sitting)

Sincerely, [pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk Enclosures |cc:|Ms. Cathy Wilborn | | |Ms. Ruby Garcia | | |Honorable William Guy | | |Arnot III | | |Mr. John B. McFarland | | |Mr. Everard A. Marseglia | | |Jr. | | |Mr. Zachary S. Brady | | |Mr. William F. Warnick |