Carbon Crest LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARBON CREST, LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 19-08179 WHA

v.

TENCUE PRODUCTIONS, LLC, and FINDINGS OF FACT AND

JEFFREY D. WILK, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

AFTER BENCH TRIAL

Defendants.

16 INTRODUCTION In this diversity action, plaintiff seeks payment under a contract. This order follows a four-day bench trial. SUMMARY At all material times, defendant Tencue Productions was a California limited liability company that provided event production services to other companies. Defendant Jeffrey D. Wilk, a fifty-percent shareholder and board member of Tencue, sought to sell Tencue. In July 2017, Tencue entered into an agreement with plaintiff Carbon Crest, a Delaware limited liability company, under which Carbon Crest would “assist with representing [Tencue] in a potential sale transaction.” The sole owner of Carbon Crest, Paul Lewis, was Tencue’s financial advisor and a Tencue board…