KBMT OPERATING COMPANY, LLC v. TOLEDO

No. 14-0456.

492 S.W.3d 710 (2016)

KBMT OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, KBMT License Company, LLC, Brian Burns, Jackie Simien and Tracy Kennick, Petitioners, v. Minda Lao TOLEDO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: June 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. McCabe , Jessica L. Spaniol , Olga A. Bograd, Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP, Dallas TX, for Petitioners.

Benjamin House , Joe House , Carla Marie Perron , House Perron & House PLLC, Houston TX, Brian Nolan Mazzola, The Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC, Beaumont TX, Mark Wham , Law Office of Mark Wham, The Woodlands TX, for Respondents.

Laura Lee Prather , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae parties.


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