Supreme Court of Texas

In a breach of fiduciary duty action involving the removal of a trustee of an an inter vivos trust, court of appeals' judgment holding that the case was time-barred is reversed and remanded where a statutory limitations period is applicable to suits seeking damages for breach of fiduciary duty but no statute of limitations period restricts a court's discretion to remove a trustee.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2009
• Decided 06/05/2009
• Published 06/05/2009

Judges

• Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Louis M. Ditta, Michael J. Cenatiempo, Caroline Stephenson Marciano, Cenatiempo & Ditta, L.L.P., Thomas C. Wright, Bradley Wayne Snead, Wright Brown & Close, LLP, Houston TX, for Petitioner., Joseph P. Conte Jr., Houston TX, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen L. Watkins, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin TX, Steven J. Watkins, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Houston TX, for Respondent.