Legal Opinion

O'Rourke v. Lunde and The Housing Group Limited Partnership

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 8, 2014No. 2013-364PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCrawford, J.

¶ 1. This is a dispute between a general partner and limited partners over the proceeds from the dissolution of their partnership. Appellant Alfred Lunde seeks to reverse an arbitration award and a trial court order that assessed attorney’s fees and receivership fees and costs against his share of the partnership assets. We affirm on the legal issues, but remand for a further hearing on a narrow issue regarding the amount of attorney’s fees assessed against Lunde.

¶ 2. The record reveals the following undisputed facts. In 1979, the parties entered into a limited partnership agreement. The…

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