ACCEPTED
FILED
05-15-00033-CV
DALLAS COUNTY
Bridgette Vation
05-15-00033-CV FIFTH COURT11:50:37
1/12/2015 OF APPEALS
DALLAS,
AM
TEXAS
FELICIA PITRE
1/13/2015 2:23:23
DISTRICT PM
CLERK
LISA MATZ
CLERK
CAUSE NO. DC-14-01521
ROBERT GRODEN, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
RECEIVED IN
Plaintiff, § 5th COURT OF APPEALS
§ DALLAS, TEXAS
vs. § 1/13/2015 2:23:23 PM
§ LISA MATZ
THE DALLAS COUNTY § DALLAS COUNTY, Clerk
TEXAS
HISTORICAL FOUNDATION d/b/a §
THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSUEM AT §
DEALEY PLAZA, NICOLA LONGFORD, §
BRADLEY HAMILTON, VINCENT §
GOLBECK, STEVE WARDEN, RAQUEL §
HERNANDEZ, AND CARLA D. §
NEWMAN §
Defendants. § 95TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
Defendants, the City of Dallas, Vincent Golbeck, Stephen Worden, Raquel Hernandez,
and Carla D. Newman give notice of their intent to appeal from the trial court’s ord er of
Decem ber 24, 2014, d enying Defend ants’ m otion to d ism iss and pleas to the jurisd iction
in the above-styled and num bered proceed ing. This interlocutory appeal is taken to the
Fifth Court of Appeals.
The appeal from the denial of the plea to the jurisdiction is an accelerated appeal of an
interlocutory order granting or denying a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit. See
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a)(8); Tex. R. App. P. 28.1. This appeal stays all other
proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of the appeal because the plea was filed and
requested for hearing not later than the 180th day after the date the Defendant filed the original
answer. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(b), (c).
Notice of Accelerated Appeal Page 1
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN M. S. ERNST
Dallas City Attorney
/s/Patricia M. De La Garza
Patricia M. De La Garza
Texas Bar No. 13897900
patricia.medrano@dallascityhall.com
Barbara E. Rosenberg
Texas Bar No. 17267700
barbara.rosenberg@dallascityhall.com
Jason. G. Schuette
Texas Bar No. 17827020
jason.schuette@dallascityhall.com
Assistant City Attorneys
City Attorney’s Office
1500 Marilla Street, Room 7D North
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: 214-670-3519
Telecopier: 214-670-0622
Notice of Accelerated Appeal Page 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On this the 12th day of January, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document
was served upon counsel listed below in accordance with the provisions of Rule 21a, Texas
Rules of Civil Procedure:
D. Bradley Kizzia
brad@brownfoxlaw.com
Sarah B. Sparling
sarah@brownfoxlaw.com
BROWN FOX KIZZIA & JOHNSON PLLC
750 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 1320
Dallas, Texas 75201
Randy A. Nelson
rnelson@thompsoncoe.com
D. Rockwell Bower
drbower@thompsoncoe.com
THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS, and IRONS, L.L.P.
Plaza of the Americas
700 N. Pearl Street, 25th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201-2832
/s/Patricia M. De La Garza
PATRICIA M. DE LA GARZA
Notice of Accelerated Appeal Page 3