Opinion ID: 2534320
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: The Orders Denying Ed's Motions to Disqualify the Dispersing Agent's Attorney and to Remove the Dispersing Agent

Text: Ed argues that the district court erred when it refused to disqualify the dispersing agent's attorney and when it approved payment of the dispersing agent's attorney fees. The parties authorized the dispersing agent to hire counsel and committed the Partnership to pay the dispersing agent's attorney fees. The district court appropriately exercised its discretion in denying the motion to disqualify and in approving payment of the attorney fees incurred by the dispersing agent. We find no fault with the district court's handling of Ed's motion to remove the dispersing agent. Ed argued that the dispersing agent had allied with Mike against him and thus was not acting in the Partnership's best interests. The district court noted that, despite Ed's contentions, the dispersing agent filed monthly accountings and there was no evidence money had been misappropriated or unaccounted. On appeal, Ed argues the court erred in not removing the dispersing agent for the same reasons he argued the Judgment itself was reversibly defective: the dispersing agent failed to adequately consider Ed's offers to purchase the property; he accepted Mike's refusal of those offers as conclusive; he failed to present any of Ed's offers to the court; he redrafted and accepted Fallon's offer instead of rejecting it; and he failed to determine whether Fallon was financially able to buy the property. The court considered those issues and disagreed. Ed asserts the dispersing agent was a fiduciary. Even if we accept this assertion, Ed failed to demonstrate how the dispersing agent breached his duty or to provide any other factual or legal basis which would justify reversal on this issue. H.