DUNSTER LIVE v. LONESTAR LOGOS MANAGEMENT CO.

No. 17-50873.

908 F.3d 948 (2018)

DUNSTER LIVE, LLC, individually and derivatively on behalf of LoneStar Logos & Signs, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee v. LONESTAR LOGOS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC., individually and doing business as LoneStar Media Group; Media Choice, LLC; Curtis E. Ford; Drew Cartwright; Vincent Hazen; Johnston Media, L.L.C.; Matt Johnston; LoneStar Logos & Signs, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED November 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Dermot Marketos , Tyler James Bexley , Attorney, Leslie Renee Chaggaris , Reese Marketos, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Samuel Johnson , Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for LoneStar Logos Management Company, L.L.C., Media Choice, L.L.C., and Curtis E. Ford.

Ryan D.V. Greene , Terrill & Waldrop, Austin, TX, for LoneStar Logos Management Company, L.L.C. and Vincent Hazen.

Gregg R. Kronenberger , Kronenberger Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Drew Cartwright.

G. Alan Waldrop , Terrill & Waldrop, Austin, TX, for Vincent Hazen.

Andrew F. York , Mark Lee Hawkins , Armbrust & Brown, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Johnston Media, L.L.C. and Matt Johnston.

Douglass Dodson Hearne, Jr. , Austin, TX, for LoneStar Logos & Signs, L.L.C.

Before DAVIS, COSTA, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


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