ROBINSON LAW FIRM

J. MARK ROBINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, L.L.C.

225.654-0404 (DIRECT) 9305 MAIN STREET, SUITE C, ZACHARY, LA 70791
EMAIL mark@markrobinsonlawfirm.com

BUSINESS ENTITIES
SPRING 2017
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR J. MARK ROBINSON

1. Introduction; The Model of Agency

Civil Code arts. 2985-2989, 3010, 3012, 3016, 3020, 3022
Texoma 542 So. 2d 780 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 1989)

2. Model Continued; Actual and Apparent Authority

Keahey 485 So. 2d 182 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 1986); C.C. arts. 3020, 3021 (Ps
liability to 3P), 3022 (3Ps liability to P), 3016
(As nonliability where authorized and disclosed), 3008, 3019 (As liability where
authority exceeded); Interstate Electric, 173 La. 103, 136 So. 283 (1931)

3. Apparent Authority (continued)

Boulos, 503 So. 2d 1 (La. 1987); AAA Tire, 385 So. 2d 426 (La. App. 1 st Cir.
1980); Holloway, 861 So. 2d 763 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2003)

4. Ratification; Formal Requirements; Estoppel

C.C. arts. 1843, 1844; Bamber, 385 So. 2d 327 (La App. 1st 1980); Tedesco, 540
So. 2d 960 (La. 1989); C.C. art. 2993

5. Undisclosed Agency
Franks Door 459 So. 2d 1273

6. Tort Liability of Principals; Tortfeasor Agents Personal Liability

Blanchard 215 So. 2d 902, Canter 283 So. 2d 716

7. Principals Tort Liability for Apparent Servants

CNA Ins. 461 So. 2d 518, Arceneaux 623 F. 2d 924, Independent Fire 650 So. 2d
750

8. Distinguishing Contract From Tort Liability

Fryar 479 So. 2d 883, 9 to 5 (La. 5th Cir.) 520 So. 2d 1276

9. Distinguishing Fryar and 9 to 5

Donnelly 797 F. 2d 214, Bergmam 594 So. 2d 491

10 Tortious Interference with Contract

 Applied Equipment, 7 Cal. 4th 503; 9 to 5 (La. Sup. Ct.) 538 So. 2d 228, Noble
Handy and Handy Homes, 415 So. 2d 478, Regions Bank, 997 So. 2d 734, Ogea,
109 So. 3d 516 and 130 So. 3d 888 (La. S. Ct.)

11. Choice of Business Form Tax Planning

12. Formation Agency

Agency: C.C. arts. 2985-2990, 2993, 2996-99
Partnership Law, Inadvertent Creation
Partnership: C.C. arts. 2801-2835 La. R.S. 9:3401-3408

13. Inadvertent Partnership (continued) and Partnership by Estoppel

Martin, 158 N.E. 77, Darden, 123 So. 2d 68, Cajun 452 So. 2d 212, Gravois, 553
So. 2d 1034 Hartwick, 598 So. 2d 1241

14. Partnerships in Commendam and Registered Limited Liability Partnerships

Formation and Inadvertent Loss of Limitations of Liability
Partnerships in Commendam: C.C. arts. 2836-2844, La. R.S. 9:3423
R.L.L.P. La. R.S. 9:3431-35

15. Corporations and L.L.C.s -- Formation

Corporations: La. R.S. 12:1-201-1-207
L.L.C.: La. R.S. 12:1302-07

16. Corporations- Promoter Transactions, De Facto Corporations and Estoppel

Stanley J. How, 222 F. Supp 936, Robertson, 197 A. 2d 443, Cranson 200 A. 2d
33 (See also, former La. R.S. 12:26)

17. Trade Names and Loss of Limited Liability

MAS Nursing 523 So. 2d 909, Youll See Seafoods, 520 So. 2d 461 Aronson, 644
N.E. 2d 864

18. Piercing the Veil Consensual Creditors

Abraham, 377 So. 2d 465 LeBlanc, 421 So. 2d 984

19. Piercing the Veil Torts and Circumvention Cases

Giuffria, 452 So. 2d 793, Sparks, 517 So. 2d 1036, Glazer, 431 S. 2d 752

20. Single Business Enterprise

Green 577 So. 2d 249, Grayson, 778 So. 2d 1, Town of Haynesville, 956 So. 2d
192

21. Powers, Ultra Vires and Controlling the Enterprise

Powers and Ultra Vires Corporations: La. R.S. 12:1-301, 1-304
L.L.C.s: La. R.S. 12:1301(A)(2), 1302-1303
Controlling Agency: C.C. arts. 2989, 3008, 3025, 3029
 Partnership and R.L.L.P.: C.C. arts. 2807, 2813, 2814
Partnership in Commendam: C.C. arts. 2836, 2837, 2843, 2844

22. Controlling the Enterprise -- continued

Corporations: La. R.S. 12:1-206, 1-301, 1-304, 1-701-727, 1-801-826, 1-830-
842,
L.L.C.s: La. R.S. 12:1311-1313, 1316-1319, 1367(B)
Atex, 68 F. 3d 1451

23. Informal, Non-statutory Authority to Act for the Business

Holloway, 488 So. 2d 328 Bridges, 861 So. 2d 592 Ogden, 474 So. 2d 1346,
Baxter, 488 So. 2d 793

24. Fiduciary Duties -- Loyalty

C.C. arts. 2809-2811, La. R.S. 12:1-861-862, 12:1314, 1318(C)

25. Loyalty and Self Dealing

Lawrence, 361 A. 2d 218, Marciano, 535 A. 2d 400, Nalty, 882 So. 2d 1, Combs,
481 So. 2d 179, Hingle, 399 So. 2d 646, Reiss, 466 So. 2d 542

26. Defining Self Dealing and Fairness

Levy, 443 So. 2d 539

27. Fiduciary Duties -- Care

La. R.S. 12:1-801-826

28. Fiduciary Duties Corporate Opportunities

Lawrence, 190 So. 351, Autocount, 651 So. 2d 308

29. Control Revisited Contractual, Structural Protections Against Abuse of

Control and Power
12:1-721-727, Williams 175 So. 642, Goldblum, 341 So. 2d 436

30. Control Structure Modifications (continued)

La. R.S. 12:1-630; Reiss, 466 So. 2d 542

31. Controlling Entry Into the Business

Partnership, R.L.L.P., P/S in Comm.: C.C. arts 2807, 2812, 2819
Corporations: C.C. arts. 2807, Louisiana Weekly, 483 So. 2d 928
L.L.C.: La. R.S. 12:1330-1333

32. Terminating Agency, Withdrawal, Dissolution Proprietorships,

Partnerships and L.L.C.s
Agency: C.C. arts. 3024-3032
Partnerships, R.L.L.P., P/S in Comm: C.C. arts. 2818-2835, 3027-3034; Harris,
583 So. 2d 728
33. Withdrawal and Dissolution Corporations and L.L.C.s
Corporations: La. R.S. 12:1-1402-1445; Allen, 449 So. 2d 1365
L.L.C.s: La. R.S. 12:1334-1341