Legal Opinion

Bluebonnet Hotel Ventures, L.L.C. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 6, 2014No. 13-30827PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Appellee Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) on Appellant Bluebonnet Hotel Ventures’ (“Bluebonnet”) claim for rescission of contract. For the following reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Bluebonnet is a single-purpose corporate entity that was established to construct and operate a hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In order to finance the hotel’s construction, Bluebonnet obtained an allocation of tax-exempt Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds, which Bluebonnet intended to sell to investors. In late…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Crawford v. Formosa Plastics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Campbell v. MeltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  5. Holtzclaw v. DSC Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by45 opinions

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