But in the Oliver group’s countersuit, they claimed the postponement of the meeting was only done when it became apparent that Oliver would win the election. They made public announcements that they would hold a meeting anyway, claiming they reserved the right to move forward with voting.

The dissident group held a shareholder meeting anyway on May 22 in Dallas on a different floor of the building Sidley’s Dallas offices are located, where Oliver got elected.

The Oliver group argues in their countersuit that the law does not permit TPL nor its trustees to “adjourn, postpone, or otherwise delay a shareholder vote once the vote has been scheduled; only shareholders have that power.”

They also called TPL’s lawsuit, which was filed a day before the May 22 meeting, questionable, pointing out that the allegations TPL made in its lawsuit are hardly new.