Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Fortney
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 7, 1985No. B14-85-149-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DRAUGHN, Justice.
In this legal malpractice suit, the trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendant/attorney. The attorney had drafted a contract for the sale of lignite from a mine in Brewster County, Texas. The two basic summary judgment questions in this appeal are (1) whether the attorney drafted a contract that violated Texas antitrust laws; and (2) whether the attorney’s actions in drafting that contract were not as a matter of law a cause of the plaintiff/client’s damages for lost profits when a federal court held the contract void and unenforceable under the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Portland Gasoline Co. v. Superior Marketing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
- Patrizi v. McAninchTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Paragon Oil Syndicate v. Rhoades Drilling Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1925
- Peniche v. AeromexicoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
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