ACCEPTED 01-13-00782-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 5/4/2015 11:49:21 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

DAVID KELTNER TELEPHONE: (817)878-3560 [email protected] FAX: (817)878-9760 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS May 4, 2015 5/4/2015 11:49:21 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Via Electronic Filing Mr. Christopher A. Prine Clerk, First Court of Appeals Fannin Street Houston, Texas 77002-2066 Re: No. 01-13-00782-CV; Bandier Realty Partners, LLC and Switchback Ventures, LLC v. SSC Opportunity Partners, LLC and Douglas Britton Dear Mr. Prine: This case is set for May 5, 2015. Please circulate this response to Appellant’s letter brief of April 2, 2015.

Because National Property Holdings, L.P. v. Westergren, 453 S.W.3d 419 (Tex. 2015) (per curiam) was decided on significantly different facts, the Bandier Defendants’ suggestion that it forecloses fraudulent inducement is wrong.

There, the plaintiff had ample opportunity to read the release. But here, the Bandier Defendants deliberately delayed sending the release until SSC had only minutes to review or risk defaulting on its multimillion dollar real estate deal.

More importantly, the Bandier Defendants were SSC’s fiduciaries. The Westergren defendants were not. This is a legally important distinction.

The Westergren court quoted and cited with approval the earlier decision of Thigpen v. Locke, 363 S.W.2d 247, 251 (Tex. 1962). In that case, the Supreme Court held that a party has the obligation to read the contracts it executes unless the defendants owed a fiduciary duty to the plaintiff. Id. at 252.

As a result, the Westergren opinion does not foreclose justifiable reliance when the fiduciaries were involved in an undisclosed scheme against the plaintiff.

Thank you for your courtesy and assistance.

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/s/ David Keltner David E. Keltner

Kelly Hart & Hallman, a Limited Liability Partnership | www.kellyhart.com Page 3 May 4, 2015 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing has been served on the following counsel of record via electronic filing on the 4th day of May, 2015: Brian B. Kilpatrick W. Craft Hughes [email protected] [email protected] THE KILPATRICK LAW FIRM Jarrett L. Ellzey 1811 Bering Drive, Suite 125 [email protected] Houston, Texas 77057 HUGHES ELLZEY, LLP Counsel for Appellees Galleria Tower I 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1120 Houston, Texas 77056 Counsel for Appellees David M. Gunn Kenneth T. Fibich [email protected] [email protected] Erin H. Huber Sara J. Fendia [email protected] [email protected] BECK REDDEN LLP FIBICH, HAMPTON, LEEBRON, 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 BRIGGS & JOSEPHSON, LLP Houston, Texas 77010 1150 Bissonnet Counsel for Appellants Houston, Texas 77005 Bandier Realty Partners, LLC Counsel for Appellees and Switchback Ventures, LLC Sean Michael Reagan [email protected] LEYH, PAYNE & MALLIA, PLLC 9545 Katy Freeway, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77024 Counsel for Appellees /s/ David Keltner David E. Keltner

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