Wirth v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

I. Factual Background

A. The Leasing Business

For more than twenty years, Raymond Waier Wirth owned and operated a successful automobile leasing business. The business was operated by two corporations: RW Leasing did the marketing of vehicles and Wirth Leasing, Inc., provided the funding sources and received one-third of the profits. Wirth was the sole owner of Wirth Leasing, Inc., and was a fifty percent owner with James Rogers, sales manager, of RW Leasing. The sales force contacted prospective customers interested in leasing a vehicle; based on the customers’…