Fuqua v. Graber

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice YÁÑEZ.

Appellant, Richard L. Fuqua, filed this malicious prosecution suit in state court against appellees, Thomas Graber, an attorney, and Graber’s law firm, Hopkins and Sutter. Fuqua contends that appel-lees, acting on behalf of a client, Sunbelt Savings, wrongfully filed an adversary proceeding in Fuqua’s then-pending bankruptcy case. Appellees filed a plea to the jurisdiction, contending that because Fu-qua’s claim is premised on an adversary proceeding in a bankruptcy case, it is preempted by federal bankruptcy law. The trial court granted appellees’ plea to the…