Questions from Business Law

Q: Solomons One, LLC, was formed to develop waterfront property in

Solomons One, LLC, was formed to develop waterfront property in Maryland. Vernon Donnelly was a member of the LLC and served as the company’s counsel. The state denied Solomons’s request for a permit...

Q: Brandy Sutton was the sole owner of the law firm Pendleton &

Brandy Sutton was the sole owner of the law firm Pendleton & Sutton in Lawrence, Kansas. Sutton offered a retirement plan as a benefit to the members of her staff. Each employee could contribute up to...

Q: Anastasio Guerra agreed to loan his pickup truck to Gina Mandujano so

Anastasio Guerra agreed to loan his pickup truck to Gina Mandujano so that she could go grocery shopping in exchange for her making him lunch. When Mandujano drove out of the store’s parking lot, the...

Q: Mansoor Akhtar lived rent-free in the basement of Anila Dairkee’s

Mansoor Akhtar lived rent-free in the basement of Anila Dairkee’s duplex in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for more than a year. When Dairkee asked Akhtar to move out, he refused. She changed the locks and a...

Q: Craig and Sue Shaffer divided their real property into two lots.

Craig and Sue Shaffer divided their real property into two lots. They enclosed one lot with a fence and sold it to the Murdocks. The other lot was sold to the Cromwells. All of the parties orally agre...

Q: Two organizations, Class A Investors Post Oak, LP, and

Two organizations, Class A Investors Post Oak, LP, and Cosmopolitan Condominium VP, LP, owned adjacent pieces of property in Houston, Texas. Each owner-organization planned to build a high-rise tower...

Q: When Larry Neal died, Gary, his brother and the executor

When Larry Neal died, Gary, his brother and the executor of his estate, applied to a Texas state court to probate Larry’s will. The will provided, “I do give and bequeath to my niece, Valorie Jean (Ne...

Q: When Penny Shambo began receiving Medicaid benefits, she and her husband

When Penny Shambo began receiving Medicaid benefits, she and her husband William owned and lived in a house with an appraised value of $125,000 and a mortgage of less than $50,000 in Saratoga County,...

Q: Schaefer v. Orth Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, 2018

Schaefer v. Orth Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, 2018 WI App 35, 382 Wis.2d 271, 915 N.W.2d 730 (2018). Background and Facts Jason Schaefer and Randy Orth created Grilled Cheese, LLC, to own and operat...

Q: Heavenly Hana, LLC v. Hotel Union & Hotel Industry

Heavenly Hana, LLC v. Hotel Union & Hotel Industry of Hawaii Pension Plan United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 891 F.3d 839 (2018). Background and Facts, The Hotel Union & Hotel Industry of...