Legal Opinion

Cannon v. Bertrand

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 21, 2009No. 2008-C-1073PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TRAYLOR, Justice. *

| ,We granted this writ application in order to determine whether the courts below erred in applying a “minority discount” in determining the value of a one-third share of a partnership. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

FACTS and PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In March 1997, Kenneth Cannon, Jr. (Cannon), the plaintiff, and Lenard Bertrand (Bertrand) and Wade Leger (Leger), the defendants, created LBC, L.L.P. (LBC), a limited liability partnership, by written agreement. The agreement, which contained no term, provided that each of the partners enjoyed an equal one-third share of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Shopf v. Marina Del Ray PartnershipSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. Cannon v. BertrandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
  3. Cannon v. BertrandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Congel v. MalfitanoCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2018
  2. Vedros v. VedrosLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
  3. Trahan v. TrahanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
  4. Wall v. BryanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  5. Fancher v. PrudhomeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013

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