HOTZE v. IN MANAGEMENT, LLC

No. 14-18-00995-CV.

651 S.W.3d 19 (2021)

David HOTZE; Donna Hotze, as Trustee; Bruce R. Hotze, Sr.; Elizabeth Hotze Sanchez; Bruce R. Hotze, Jr.; Christian Hotze Drake; Michele Hotze Supple; Ernest George Hotze, III; and Beth Hotze, as Trustee for the Bruce R. Hotze 2012 Family Trust, Appellants v. IN MANAGEMENT, LLC; Inter Nos Barker Cypress, Ltd.; Inter Nos Odessa, Ltd.; Inter Nos Wichita, Ltd.; New Orleans in, Ltd.; Inter Nos Space Plus, Ltd.; Inter Nos Springville, Ltd.; Inter Nos Pipeline, Ltd.; Inter Nos Walker, Ltd.; Inter Nos TP Investments, Ltd.; Richard Hotze, Individually and as Trustee of the Spy Glass Trust; Steven F. Hotze, Individually and as Trustee of the David Bradley SFH 2005 Family Trust; Mark Hotze, Individually and as Trustee of the Hotze Five Trust; Troika Partners; Peter Schwab; Edward Mattingly; and Thomas Blackburn, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Opinion filed July 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Joyce , Houston, William A. Taylor , Adrian V. Villacorta , Craig Trively Enoch , Melissa A. Lorber , Austin, for Appellant.

Paul Harty Doyle , Jesse R. Pierce , John Zavitsanos , Kent M. Adams , Don Jackson , Houston, Collin Dean Kennedy , Frisco, John C. Schwambach Jr. , David E. Keltner , Jody Sanders , Fort Worth, Paul Smith , Kaitlyn Dawson , Eileen F. O'Neill , Houston, for Appellee In Management, LLC, Inter Nos Barker Cypress, Ltd., Inter Nos Odessa, Ltd., et al.

Michelle Meriam , Eileen F. O'Neill , Houston, for Appellee Peter Schwab, Edward Mattingly, and Tommy Blackburn ("Outside Director Appellees").

Panel consists of Justices Bourliot, Hassan, and Poissant.


OPINION

This case concerns a dispute among five brothers regarding control of a family-owned business, Compressor Engineering Corporation or "CECO." Two of the brothers, appellants David and Bruce Hotze, allege that the other three brothers, appellees Richard, Mark...

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