Billie Murphy Tremble, Sharon Tremble Donaldson, Selia Tremble Shawkey, Wilmer Forrest Tremble, Jr., the Estate of Wilmer Forrest Tremble, Sr. v. Luminant Mining Company LLC, Energy Future Holdings Corporation and Subsidiaries

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana Nos. 06-15-00004-CV, 06-15-00005-CV & 06-15-00006-CV BILLIE MURPHY TREMBLE, SHARON TREMBLE DONALDSON, SELIA TREMBLE SHAWKEY, WILMER FORREST TREMBLE, JR., THE ESTATE OF WILMER FORREST TREMBLE, SR., Appellants V. LUMINANT MINING COMPANY, LLC, ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES, Appellees On Appeal from the 4th District Court Rusk County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 2013-390, 2013-391 & 2013-392 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Carter*, JJ. _____________________________________ *Jack Carter, Justice, Retired, Sitting by Assignment ORDER This Court has been notified that Luminant Mining Company, LLC, a party to this pending appeal, filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy April 29, 2014, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware under cause number 14-10979. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, further action in this appeal is automatically stayed, see 11 U.S.C.A. § 362 (West, Westlaw current through May 26, 2015), and under Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the appeal is suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2. Accordingly, this case is hereby abated and, for administrative purposes, will be treated as closed. Any party may move to reinstate the appeal by promptly filing a motion to reinstate including, as an attachment, either a certified copy of an order showing that the automatic bankruptcy stay has been lifted or any other authenticated document demonstrating that reinstatement is permitted by federal law and/or the relevant bankruptcy court. TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3(a). Any party may also move to sever the appeal in accordance with the provisions of Rule 8.3(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3(b). In the event of reinstatement, any period that began to run but had not expired at the time of suspension will begin anew when the appeal is reinstated. Any document filed while the proceeding is suspended will be deemed filed on the same day, but after, the Court reinstates the appeal. TEX. R. APP. 8.2, 8.3. In accordance with Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we suspend this appeal by abating it. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. BY THE COURT Date: May 28, 2015 3