The owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to reopen the club's 2011 bankruptcy case to enforce its confirmation order and stop a suit from the NBA's Dallas Mavericks seeking to remove the NHL team from their American Airlines Center arena lease.

DSE Hockey Club LP, which purchased the Stars during its 2011 bankruptcy, on Tuesday said that the confirmation order prevents creditors like the Mavericks from pursuing these claims and that any alleged defaults can no longer be raised.

Last month, the Mavericks sued the Stars in Texas Business Court, arguing that the Stars forfeited their right to co-lease the arena when they moved their headquarters from Dallas to Frisco, Texas.

In its motion Tuesday, the Stars said they moved their corporate headquarters and team practice facility in 2003 and that the Mavericks "were well aware of the move," especially since their G-League team played at the Frisco location. Meanwhile, the hockey team continued to play at American Airlines Center, racking up seven playoff appearances and one trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2011, the club noted.

"The Mavericks, along with the City of Dallas, also received notice of a court-approved bankruptcy plan requiring them to assert any claims against the Stars," Stars' counsel Joshua M. Sandler said in a statement. "However, because the Mavericks failed to raise any such claims during the bankruptcy case, the court-approved bankruptcy plan adjudicated and released the Mavericks' claims."

In the Texas Business Court case filed Oct. 28, the Mavericks argued that the governing documents binding the teams clearly require both teams to remain in Dallas, and that if one moves out, the remaining team has the right to redeem the other's interest, according to their petition.

The Stars filed their own counterclaims, telling the court the Mavericks' lawsuit was "nothing less than an attempted hostile takeover" and that only the city can bring a breach of contract claim under the teams' franchise agreement.

In new filings on Tuesday in the state business court case, the Stars also accused the Mavericks of violating the agreement by listing Las Vegas as its principal place of business on 2024 filings for an entity that owns the basketball team.

"The Mavericks engaged in the very conduct they allege entitles them to take full control of the American Airlines Center," the Stars wrote.

In a statement, Mavericks' attorney Charles L. Babcock disputed that the Mavericks' principle place of business has moved.

"The Mavericks maintain their principal corporate and executive offices within the City of Dallas just as they always have," he said. "We are confident the able trial judge will sift through these matters and reach the correct result."

DSE Hockey Club LP is represented in the bankruptcy case by Stanley B. Tarr, Lawrence R. Thomas III and John E. Lucian of Blank Rome LLP, and Joshua M. Sandler, Phillip Lamberson, Cory C. Johnson, Frank O. Carroll III, Annmarie Chiarello, Ben Hamel and John David Janicek of Winstead PC.

DSE is represented in the state business court case by Joshua M. Sandler, Cory C. Johnson, Frank O. Carroll III, Ben Hamel, John David Janicek and Andrew J. Patterson of Winstead PC.

The Mavericks are represented in the state business court case by Charles L. Babcock, Christopher R. Bankler and Sarah J. Starr of Jackson Walker LLP.

The state business court case is Dallas Sports Group LLC et al. v. DSE Hockey Club LP, case number 25-BC01B-0049, in the First Division of the Texas Business Court.

The bankruptcy case is In re: DS Liquidation LP, case number 1:11-bk-12935, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.