ACCEPTED
14-15-00101-CV
FOURTEENTH 2/3/2015
COURT2:14:55 PM
PM
OF APPEALS
Chris Daniel -- District ClerkHOUSTON,County
Harris County
TEXAS
Envelope
Envelope 4002919
No. 4002919
2/5/2015 5:22:22 PM
By: Phyllis Washington PRINE
Washington
CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 2/3/2015 2:14:55 PMPM
CLERK
CAUSE NO. 2012-45412
IMMOBILIERE JEUNESS IN THE DISTRICT COURT
ESTABLISSEMENT FILED IN
14th COURT OF APPEALS
Plaintzfl HOUSTON, TEXAS
2/5/2015 5:22:22 PM
V. OF HARRIS COUNTY,
CHRISTOPHER TEXAS
A. PRINE
Clerk
RICARDO G. CEDILLO, individually, <05€a0Jf-O90(7JC-02
JASON C. ZEHNER, individually,
RUSSELL DAVIS, individually,
DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA, INC.,
AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and STEPHEN J PRITCHARD
.
Defendants 215'“ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
Appellants Ricardo G. Cedillo, Jason C. Zehner, J. Russell Davis, and Davis, Cedillo &
Mendoza, Inc.~who were Defendants in the above-styled and numbered cause, Immobiliere
Jeuness Establissement v. Cedillo, et al., No. 2012-45412, in the 215m Judicial District Court of
Harris County, Texas—hereby give notice that they desire to appeal, to the Fourteenth Court of
Appeals of Texas, (1) the Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration signed in this case on
January 15, 2015, and (2) the Amended Order on Modification to Compel Arbitration signed in
this case on February 2, 2015. This appeal, which is from an interlocutory order, is an
accelerated appeal; however it is not a parental-termination case or a child—protection case as
defined in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 28.4. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.l(d)(6).
As required by the Local Rules Relating to Assignment of Related Cases to and between
the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, counsel certifies that the following related original
proceeding has been previously filed in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals related to this appeal: In
re Immobiliere Jeuness Establissement, No. l4—l3—00771-CV, original proceeding, on
mandamus from the 215th District Court of Harris County, Texas, No. 2012-45412. See 14th Tex.
App. (Houston), Loc. R. 1.4.
Respectfully submitted:
VINSON & ELKINS LLP
/s/ Stacey Neumann Vu
Harry M. Reasoner
Texas Bar No. 16642000
Patrick W. Mizell
Texas Bar No. 14233980
Stacey N. Vu
Texas Bar No. 24047047
David C. Currie
Texas Bar No. 24084240
Nicholas N. Shum
Texas Bar No. 24075072
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77002-6760
Telephone: 713.758.2358
Facsimile: 713.615.5173
E-Mail hreasoner@velaw.com
:
Attorneys for Defendants
Ricardo G. Cedillo, Jason C. Zehner,
./. Russell Davis, and Davis, Cedillo &
Mendoza, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Ihereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoin§ instrument has been served
in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on this 3‘ day of February, 2015, via
electronic service:
THE KASSAB LAW FIRM
Lance Christopher Kassab
1420 Alabama
Houston, Texas 77004
Telephone: 713.522.7400
E-Mail: lck@texaslegalma1practice.com
Attorneys for Plaintzfl
CASSEB & CASSEB
R. Michael Casseb
1475 Frost Bank Tower
100 W. Houston St.
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Telephone: 210.226.9793
E—Mai1: 1rnc_law@sbcglobal.net
Attorneys for Defendant Steven J Pritchard
MUNSCH, HARDT, KOPF & HARR, P.C.
Fred Wahrlich
700 Louisiana St., Suite 4600
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: 713.222.1469
E—Mai1: fwahr1ich@munsch.com
Attorneys for Defendant Amegy Bank National Association
_/s/ Stacey Neumann Vu
Stacey Neumann Vu
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Local Rule Notice of and Assignment of Related Case in Appeals
[samp|e; file as part of notice of appeal]
As required by the Local Rules Relating to Assignment of Related Cases
to and Transfers of Related Cases between the First and Fourteenth Courts of
Appeals, I certify that the following related appeal or original proceeding has
been previously filed in either the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals:
G None
X Caption: In re Immobiliere Jeuness Establissement
Trial court
case number: 2012-45412
Appellate court
case number: 14-13-00771-CV
/s/ Stacey Neumann Vu
[Signature of certifying attorney or pro se party]
Februgy 3, 2015
[Date]
Note: See Local Rules for the definitions of “underlying case,” “related,” and
“previously filed.”
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