Legal Opinion

Tummel & Carroll v. Quinlivan

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 20, 2005No. 05-30137PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Tummel & Carroll, a Texas law firm, appeal the district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s discharge of Robert Quinlivan’s (“Quinlivan”) debt to Tummel & Carroll. For the reasons discussed below, we remand to the bankruptcy court for findings regarding the relevant state agency law, and whether, under the relevant state agency law, Donald Totten acted as Quinlivan’s agent in securing the services of Tummel & Carroll.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In early 1993, Donald Totten, a California resident, contacted Tummel & Carroll (“T&C”), a general partnership…

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