A string of three losses over the past three months have ended with orders for litigious Texas oil and gas heir Albert G. Hill III to pay attorney fees to winning defendants at whom he lobbed lawsuits.

Hill lost his appeal in litigation with his sisters over a dispute about their father’s will. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sent the matter back to a district court, which will determine whether his sisters are entitled to additional costs and fees, said the Feb. 4 opinion in Hill v. Washburne.