Ab Group v. Wertin

Opinion

SILLS, P. J.

A partnership opportunity can be many things. It can be the prospect of a lucrative contract with the federal government to build a regional tax processing center. (Leff v. Gunter (1983) 33 Cal.3d 508 [189 Cal.Rptr. 377, 658 P.2d 740].) Or it can be the prospect of large contingency legal fees earned on a major antitrust suit. (Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman v. Cohen (1983) 146 Cal.App.3d 200 [194 Cal.Rptr. 180].) Or it can be the right to occupy the space on which the partnership is doing business. (Ferry v. McNeil (1963) 214 Cal.App.2d 411 [29 Cal.Rptr. 577].)

But a partnership…