Fletcher

FACTS

Fletcher formed TTT in 2006. The company provided a private car service in the Tahoe-Truckee area, primarily transporting clients to and from the airport in Reno and the various ski resorts in the area. Beginning in 2010, Fletcher began entertaining other business ideas. As he put it during his testimony at trial, he “had been doing private car service for a long time” and “was ready to move on.” One of several ideas was to start a private air charter service using a plane based in Truckee. Fletcher began seeking buyers for TTT in 2011. His desired purchase price was $250,000. Ideally, Fletcher wanted an “all cash purchase” so that he could “exit the business and put cash in [his] pocket.” Fletcher met Cheung through a mutual friend around March of that year. Cheung indicated she was interested in buying the business and informed Fletcher “she had the money to do so.” However, she wanted to discuss the

These are the issues raised and argued under separate headings in the discussion portion of Fletcher’s opening brief. Additional issues are listed, but not argued, in a section titled “Principal Issues on Appeal.” However, where an appellant fails to adequately…