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COC SERVICES, LTD. v. COMPUSA, INC.

No. 05-01-00865-CV.

150 S.W.3d 654 (2004)

COC SERVICES, LTD., Appellant, v. COMPUSA, INC., James Halpin, Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Sanborns, S.A. de C.V., and Carlos Slim Helu, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Overruled December 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Robert H. Mow, Jr., Bobby M. Rubarts, James Holbrook, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Dallas, B. Daryl Bristow, Stephen G. Tipps, Macey Reasoner Stokes, Houston, Samara L. Kline, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Scott A. Scher, Dallas, for Appellant.

Robert Gilbreath, Theodore W. Daniel, V. Elizabeth Kellow, John A. Gilliam, Jenkins & Gilchrist, P.C., G. Luke Ashley, Timothy R. McCormick, Scott Patrick Stolley, Thompson & Knight, P.C., Dallas, Mike A. Hatchell, Mary H. Hatchell, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Austin, William V. Dorsaneo, III, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Mark T. Josephs, John R. Clayton, Alan N. Greenspan, Jackson, Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Richard Hogan, Hogan & Hogan, David M. Gunn, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, David E. Keltner, Jose, Henry, Brantley & Keltner, L.L.P., Fort Worth, William G. Whitehill, Joe B. Harrison, Stacy R. Obenhaus, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Charles W. Gameros, Dallas, for Appellee.

Before Justices BRIDGES, O'NEILL, and FITZGERALD.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice O'NEILL.

This case involves a franchise deal, which never came to fruition, to establish CompUSA stores in Mexico. CompUSA and COC Services, Ltd. entered into negotiations for a master franchise agreement (MFA) with COC as master franchisee. The MFA contemplated a Mexican entity as subfranchisee. Negotiations eventually included the Carso parties (defendants below), who decided not to become the subfranchisee. They bought CompUSA...

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