City of Austin v. National Media Corporation and ACME Partnership, L.P.

ACCEPTED
03-16-00004-CV
12953569
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
9/28/2016 2:37:10 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK

Kurt Kuhn | kurt@kuhnhobbs.com
3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310 | Austin,
FILEDTexas
IN 78731
Tel 512.476.6005 | Fax 512.463.6002
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
9/28/2016 2:37:10 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
September 28, 2016 Clerk

Jeffrey D. Kyle, Clerk
Third Court of Appeals via e-filing
Price Daniel Sr. Building
209 West 14th Street, Room 101
Austin, Texas 78701

Re: 03-16-00004-CV
City of Austin v. National Media Corporation and ACME Partnership, L.P.
Dear Mr. Kyle:

I am counsel for Appellees in the above-referenced appeal. Yesterday, I
received an email from Appellant City of Austin’s counsel, informing me that the City
planned to file a motion requesting the abatement be lifted in the appeal, and asking if
we opposed such a motion. I emailed back minutes later, informing the City’s counsel
that we opposed such a motion. Attached as Tab A is a true and correct copy of the
email exchange. I was out of the office later in the afternoon, and when I returned
today I discovered that a few hours after the exchange, the City filed a “Status
Report” requesting the Court to lift the abatement.
While the status report indicates Appellees do not agree with the City’s request,
shockingly it represents that it is co-signed by me and my co-counsel, Eric Storm. To
be clear, neither Mr. Storm nor I ever gave permission for our signatures to be
included on that document, nor were we privy to its contents prior to service. We do
not agree with the contents of the document or the relief it requests. The docket
should not include my or Mr. Storm’s names as having signed or filed that document.
I am hopeful that the inclusion of our signatures is merely gross error on the
City’s part, and not intentional. Concurrently with filing this letter, I have emailed
counsel for the City and asked them to correct their mistake.
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September 28, 2016 Page 2

Sincerely,

KUHN HOBBS PLLC

By: __________________________
Kurt Kuhn

Attorneys for Appellees

cc: via e-filing
Anne L. Morgan
Meghan L. Riley
Chris Edwards
Andralee Cain Lloyd
Attorneys for Appellant, City of Austin
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September 28, 2016 Page 3

Tab A
Kurt Kuhn

From: Kurt Kuhn
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:29 PM
To: 'Lloyd, Andralee'; 'eric.storm@thestormlawfirm.com'
Subject: RE: Nat'l Media Status Report

We oppose.

Kurt Kuhn
3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310 | Austin, Texas 78731
512.476.6005 direct | 512.476.6002 fax
Kurt@KuhnHobbs.com | www.KuhnHobbs.com

From: Lloyd, Andralee [mailto:andralee.lloyd@austintexas.gov]  
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:25 PM 
To: kurt@kuhnhobbs.com; eric.storm@thestormlawfirm.com 
Subject: Nat'l Media Status Report 

Kurt, Eric, 

Our 3rd Court of Appeals status report is due tomorrow and we plan on filing a motion to request that the abatement be 
lifted  and that our interlocutory appeal move forward. We believe we are entitled to our accelerated appeal on the 
jurisdictional issues and that these issues should not be delayed any further.  

Please let me know if you oppose our motion.   

Respectfully,

Andralee Cain Lloyd
Assistant City Attorney, Litigation
City of Austin Law Department
301 W. 2nd Street
Austin, Texas 78767
Phone: (512) 974-2918
Fax: (512) 974-1311
andralee.lloyd@austintexas.gov

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