Nickel v. MB Industries, LLC

|, On October 4, 2011, the presiding judge in the Texas litigation held a hearing on a number of pre-trial motions. One issue he heard was a special exception by Nickel, LeBlanc, Hunter, and BBG, asking the trial court to rule on whether they had the right to redeem the litigious rights assigned by MBI to MBG. The parties presented argument on the issue that consumed thirty-four pages of the hearing’s transcript. The Texas court heard argument by counsel from Louisiana to inform the trial court of Louisiana law on redemption of litigious rights. The trial court denied the special exception.

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