The Texans for Lawsuit Reform have been working for years to limit the rights of average Texans to seek and get relief in Texas courthouses. Their second largest contributor over the past three years has been none other than T. Boone Pickens. In that time period he has given TLR an even $1,000,000 according to the Texans for Public Justice. TLR then took that money and donated it to judicial candidates that would rule for big corporations and insurance companies against consumers. You’d think Pickens would be against filing frivolous lawsuits. You’d be wrong.

While taking a break from flacking for his energy plan that would benefit his new natural gas company, Pickens went up to New York to file a lawsuit against a bankrupt company. That’s right, Lehman Brothers, a bankrupt company. He’s asking for some money back from Lehman Brothers that they lost in a bad deal.

He’s lucky that the case was filed in New York. In Texas, we know what happens to plaintiffs cases that go before the Texas Supreme Court. They get ruled against 87% of the time. But something tells me they’d make an exception for the million dollar donor that funds their campaigns.