Houston Casualty Company v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko E & P Company, L.P.

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-14-00459-CV ____________________ HOUSTON CASUALTY COMPANY, ET AL, Appellants V. ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ANADARKO E & P COMPANY, L.P., Appellees _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 284th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 12-08-08760 CV ________________________________________________________ _____________ ORDER On October 7, 2014, the trial court signed an interlocutory order, which identified a controlling question of law that may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, and granted permission to appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d) (West Supp. 2014); see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 168. On October 21, 2014, Houston Casualty Company, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, Clearwater Insurance Company, Hudson Insurance Company, Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Navigators Insurance Company, 1 and Underwriters at Lloyd’s Syndicate Nos. 33, 457, 510, 609, 623, 958, 1036, 1084, 1183, 1919, 1209, 1221, 1225, 2003, 2007, 2121, 2623, 3000, 4020, 5000, filed a petition for permission to appeal from the interlocutory order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a). On October 31, 2014, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko E & P Company, L.P. filed a response and cross-petition for permissive appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(f). The Court grants the petition and the cross-petition for permissive appeal of the trial court’s order of October 7, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). Notice of appeal is deemed filed as of the date of this Order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). The record is due November 24, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.1(b). The brief of the appellants is due twenty days after the record is filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). The brief of the appellees and cross-appellants is due twenty days after the filing of the brief of the appellants. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). The reply brief and brief of the cross-appellees is due twenty days after the brief of the appellees and cross-appellants is filed. The Clerk of the Court shall file a copy of this Order with the trial court clerk. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). ORDER ENTERED November 13, 2014. PER CURIAM Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2