ERI Consulting Engineers, Inc. v. Swinnea

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2010-05-07

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Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court. The principal question in this case is whether consideration received for the sale of a business interest is subject to equitable forfeiture as a remedy for breach of fiduciary duty. We hold that when a partner in a business breached his fiduciary duty by fraudulently inducing another partner to buy out his interest, the consider…

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