EXHIBIT 5.1
RTIN Holdings
General Counsel
911 N.W. Loop 281, Suite 111
Longview, Texas 75604
March 10, 2000
Restaurant Teams International, Inc.
911 NW Loop 281, Suite 111
Longview, Texas 75604
Re: Form S-8 Registration Statement relating to the registration
of 100,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value of
Restaurant Teams International, Inc. pursuant to three
Consulting Agreements
Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel for Restaurant Teams International, Inc., a
Texas corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a Registration Statement for the Company
on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (the
"Registration Statement"), covering an aggregate of 100,000 shares (the
"Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the
Company which will be issued pursuant to a Consulting Agreement with Ronald L.
Brown, P.C.
In that connection, we have examined the Form S-8 Registration
Statement in the form to be filed with the SEC. We have also examined and are
familiar with the originals or authenticated copies of all corporate or other
documents, records and instruments that we have deemed necessary or appropriate
to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.
We have assumed that all signatures on all documents presented to us
are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and
complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct
copies of the originals thereof, that all information submitted to us was
accurate and complete and that all persons executing and delivering originals or
copies of documents examined by us were competent to execute and deliver such
documents. In addition, we have assumed that the Shares will not be issued for
consideration equal to less than the par value thereof and that the form of
consideration to be received by the Company for the Shares will be lawful
consideration under the Texas Business Corporation Act.
Based on the foregoing and having due regard for the legal
considerations we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares, or any
portion thereof, when issued as described in the Registration Statement, will be
validly issued by the Company, fully paid and non-assessable.
This opinion is limited in all respects to the laws of the United
States of America and the State of Texas.
This opinion may be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
/s/ James Hada
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James Hada, JD
General Counsel
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