Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and U.S. Specialty Insurance Company, Surety v. Standard Renewable Energy, LP and SRE3 GP, LLC, Individually and as Its General Partner
ACCEPTED
02-15-00124-CV
SECOND COURT OF APPEALS
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
4/13/2015 11:20:24 AM
DEBRA SPISAK
CLERK
Cause No. 2013-40749-362
HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
RECEIVED IN
§ 2nd COURT OF APPEALS
Plaintiff, § FORT WORTH, TEXAS
§ 04/13/2015 11:20:24 AM
v. § DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
DEBRA SPISAK
§ Clerk
STANDARD RENEWABLE ENERGY, LP §
AND SRE3 GP, LLC, individually and as its §
General Partner, §
§
Defendants, §
§
v. §
§
U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, §
Surety, §
§
Third Party Defendant. § 362nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF APPEAL
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TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
Plaintiff, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (“Hobby Lobby”) and Third Party Defendant, U.S.
Specialty Insurance Company, as Surety (“U.S. Specialty”), file the following Notice of Appeal
and, in support thereof, would respectfully show the Court as follows:
I.
This Notice of Appeal is filed by Plaintiff Hobby Lobby and Third Party Defendant U.S.
Specialty.
II.
The identity of the trial court, cause number, and style of this case are as shown in the
caption above.
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III.
Hobby Lobby and U.S. Specialty appeal from the Trial Court’s Final Judgment, dated
January 29, 2015, and from the Trial Court’s (i) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion to
Release Bond to Indemnify Against Lien, (ii) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion for
Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and (iii) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion for New
Trial, all dated April 9, 2015.
IV.
Hobby Lobby and U.S. Specialty desire to appeal from the decision of the Court and
Final Judgment and Orders.
V.
This appeal is taken to the Second Court of Appeals sitting in Fort Worth, Texas.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________________
KIMBERLY M. J. SIMS
State Bar No. 24046167
ksims@palterlaw.com
PALTER STOKLEY SIMS PLLC
8115 Preston Rd., Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75225
Telephone: (214) 888-3106
Facsimile: (214) 888-3109
ATTORNEY FOR HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing was served upon
the following, on this 13th day of April, 2015.
VIA EMAIL: ERICD@TEXASBUSLAW.COM
Eric F. Dankesreiter, Esq.
VIA EMAIL: DCRAFTON@TEXASBUSLAW.COM
Debra S. Crafton, Esq.
WIGINGTON & DANKESREITER LLP
3010 Broadmoor Lane
Flower Mound, Texas 75022
__________________________
Kimberly M. J. Sims
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