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COOKE v. KARLSENG

No. 19-0829.

615 S.W.3d 911 (2021)

H. Jonathan COOKE, Individually and on Behalf of Escrow Partners Dallas, L.P.; Escrow Partners Dallas, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Houston, L.P.; Escrow Partners Houston, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Austin, L.P.; Escrow Partners Austin, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners San Antonio, L.P.; Escrow Partners San Antonio, GP, Inc.; Title Partners, L.L.P.; North American Management, L.L.P.; TJ Partners I, LLC; and TJ Partners II, LLC, Petitioners, v. Robert C. KARLSENG; Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Ashley Brigham Patten; Patten & Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Jacques Yves LeBlanc; and LeBlanc, Patten and Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: January 22, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Conrad , Michael A. Vincent , Ricardo J. Bonilla , Scott Cashion Thomas , Fish & Richardson P.C., Geoffrey Scott Harper , Katrina G. Eash , Winston & Strawn LLP, Dallas, for Petitioners.

Ashley Brigham Patten , Patten Law Firm, P.C., Houston, Susan Lea Hays , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, C. Gregory Shamoun , Kenneth J. Lambert , Shamoun & Norman, LLP, Farmers Branch, for Respondents Ashley Brigham Patten, Patten & Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., n/k/a Patten Law Firm, P.C.

Susan Lea Hays , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, C. Gregory Shamoun , Kenneth J. Lambert , Shamoun & Norman, LLP, Farmers Branch, Ross Howard Parker , Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Dallas, for Respondent Jacques Yves LeBlanc.

Susan Lea Hays , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, Brian Keith Norman , C. Gregory Shamoun , Kenneth J. Lambert , Shamoun & Norman, LLP, Farmers Branch, for Respondents Robert C. Karlseng, Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., Patten LeBlanc, and Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., n/k/a LeBlanc & Karlseng, P.C.

A central issue in this case is whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over claims of a limited partner for harm done to the partnership because he lacked standing to bring those claims individually. Because the court of appeals' decision is inconsistent with our recent opinion in Pike v. Texas...

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