I remember that one, I think - Texaco lost big - if memory serves.
Getty - the plaintiff ?
Close -
1985 – On November 19, Pennzoil (represented by famous Houston litigator Joe Jamail) won a US$10.53 billion verdict against Texaco in the largest civil verdict in US history (Texaco established a signed contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Gordon Getty).
Bankruptcy followed that ruling, of course.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco

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