Legal Opinion
Benz Group, Lynx Petroleum, Ltd., Robert Samuel Braswell, IV., Fortune Jaubert Alexander, Tom Schmidt and Benz Liquidation, LLC v. Flavio MacH Barreto
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 9, 2013No. 01-12-00056-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
An international business dispute led the Benz Group, Lynx Petroleum, Ltd., Robert Samuel Braswell, IV, Fortune Jaubert Alexander, Tom Schmidt, and Benz Liquidation, LLC (collectively, the brokers) to sue Flavio Mach Barreto. The brokers claim that Barreto and his employer, ETX Servieos De Perfuragao et Sondagem, LTDA refused to pay them a commission for their help in securing an oil exploration contract in Brazil. Barreto, a Brazilian resident, moved to dismiss the claims based on the common law doctrine of forum non conveniens. The trial court granted the motion,…
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