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A Texaco motion to dismiss a suit was rejected.

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Attorneys for the oil company started presenting their case after a Texas judge denied the company’s request to grant a decision against Pennzoil, which is suing Texaco for $15 billion for breach of contract in connection with the bitter 1984 fight for Getty Oil. After Pennzoil and Getty announced a merger agreement early last year, Texaco made a deal to acquire Getty for $10.1 billion. Pennzoil claims that Texaco forced Getty to break its merger agreement. But Texaco says that Pennzoil and Getty never had a definitive agreement for the merger.

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