Legal Opinion
Two Thirty Nine Joint Venture v. Joe
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided November 20, 2001No. 05-98-01775-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARBARA ROSENBERG, Justice (Assigned).
Two Thirty Nine Joint Venture (239 JV) brought suit for malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty against Harry J. Joe, individually, and his law firm, Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. (J & G). The basis of the suit was that Joe and J & G breached their duty of loyalty to 239 JV when neither Joe nor the law firm disclosed that Joe, as a member of the Irving City Council, would or could take positions that would affect the real estate transactions in which J & G represented 239 JV. Joe filed a motion for summary judgment based on…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- McConnell v. Southside Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1993
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