Since our Tuesday night update, Save SBISD has surfaced nineteen (19) lawsuits involving Matthew T. Cone and/or his related entities across nine (9) Texas jurisdictions and one federal court. These lawsuits now range from as far back as 2011 and up to as recently as 2023.
Matthew T. Cone or his related entity is the defendant in sixteen of these lawsuits. Claims, allegations and requests of the Court against Mr. Cone and his entities include, but are not limited to:
Breach of contract
Breach of personal guaranty
Collection of debt
Promissory estoppel
Quantum meruit
Breach of fiduciary duty
Breach of duty of loyalty
Disclosure of confidential information
Misappropriation of trade secrets
Tortious interference with an existing contract
Tortious interference with a prospective business relationship or contract
Temporary restraining order
Temporary injunction
Permanent injunction
Judgments against Matt Cone or his related entities in certain of these cases range from $70,000 to over $520,000.
This page will be updated as we continue to dig into these civil actions.
The cases we have found (so far) are:
HARRIS COUNTY
Texas Fueling Services, Inc. v. Cone Shipping, LLC and Matthew Cone, Cause No. 2014-02, in the 61st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2014-2015)
General Electric Capital Corporation v. Matthew Cone, Cause No. 2014-70304, in the 234th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2014-2017)
EE System, Inc. v. Matthew Cone, Pat Coveney and Weston Oil & Gas Services, LLC, Cause No. 2016-76196, in the 234th Judicial District Court in Harris County, Texas (2016-2017)
C-Co Holdings, LLC and Christopher Cone v. Matthew Cone, Cause No. 2021-33702, in the 189th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2021-2023)
EE Systems, Inc. v. Matthew Thomas Cone, Cause No. 2019- 50553, in the 157th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2019-2021)
Allegiance Bank v. MCSC Holdings, LLC, Matthew T. Cone, Sally H. Cone, Frio Energy Services, LLC and Midstream Oil & Gas Services, LLC, Cause No. 2021-61484, in the 157th Judicial District Court in Harris County, Texas (2021-2022)
Ally Bank v. MCSC Holdings LLC and Matthew Thomas Cone, Cause No. 1137988, in County Court at Law No. 4, Harris County, Texas (2019-2020)
Third Coast Bank SSB v. Cone Shipping, LLC, Cause No. 2013-29689, in the 190th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2013-2014)
Eccles, Gary v. Cone Shipping LLC, Cause No. 201500054, in the 334th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2015-2017)
Cone, Matthew v. Robert E. Cone Children's Trust (by and Through Robert Cone Trustee) v. No. 2017-43019, in the 164th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (2017-2023)
DALLAS COUNTY
Trophy Tractor Inc. v. MCSC Holdings, Inc., Cause No. 18-04436, in the 160th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas (2018-2019)
FORT BEND COUNTY
Bay Oil Company v. Cone Shipping LLC and Matthew Cone, Cause No. 11-DCV-192810, in the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas (2011)
TARRANT COUNTY
Pilot Thomas Logistics v. Matthew Cone and Midstream Oil & Gas Services, LLC, Cause No. 2019-005573-3, in County Court at Law No. 3 in Tarrant County, Texas (2019)
NUECES COUNTY
Nueces Farm Center, Inc. d/b/a Nueces Power Equipment v. Midstream Oil & Gas Services, LLC, Matthew T Cone, Cause No. 2018CCV-61301-3, in County Court at Law No. 3, Nueces County, Texas (2018)
GRIMES COUNTY
Kubota Credit Corporation U.S.A. v. Midstream Oil & Gas Services, LLC, Cause No. 34726, in the 12th Judicial District Court of Grimes County, Texas (2019)
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
Elodia Rodas and Nicolas Rodas v. Christopher Ragsdale and Cone Shipping, LLC, Cause No. S-15-5143CV-B, in the 156th Judicial District Court of San Patricio County, Texas (2015-2017)
WEBB COUNTY
Alejandro Medina v. Mathew T. Cone, individually, Jose H Cazares, MCSC Holdings, LLC, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Cause No. 2017CVA002429D4, in the 406th Judicial District Court of Webb County, Texas (2017)
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MCSC Holdings, LLC v. Christopher Cone, Cause No. 2022-237, in the County Court at Law in Washington County, Texas (2022)
US SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition, Filed by Cone Shipping, LLC., Chapter 11 Plan (Small Business)., Case No. 14-30609, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (2014-2017)
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