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HOPPER v. FRANK

No. 93-7483 Summary Calendar.

16 F.3d 92 (1994)

Lewis C. HOPPER, Individually and as General Partner of Gulf Coast Television, Ltd., and Joe Sanderson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harvey FRANK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Roberts, Jr., Crymes Pittman, Pittman, Germany, Roberts & Welsh, Jackson, MS, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patrick H. Scanlon, Sandra Coody Bradshaw, Young, Scanlon & Sessums, Jackson, MS, for defendants-appellees.

Before JOLLY, WIENER, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a summary judgment for the defendants on a legal malpractice claim. The plaintiffs, in their individual capacities, sued the defendant law firm for malpractice in connection with work the law firm did for their limited partnership, which is now in bankruptcy. We hold that the plaintiffs lack standing to bring this suit because they fail to establish an attorney-client relationship in their individual capacities separate...

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