Cotter & Sons, Inc. James F. Cotter Alamo Towers-Cotter, LLC Cotter 11211 Katy Freeway Building, LP Cotter 7447 Harwin Building, LP Cotter Equities LLC Cotter Harwin Equities LLC Cotter Katy Equities LLC Cotter Katy Freeway Building, LP v. BJ Corporation D/B/A National Building Service

Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
November 15, 2017

No. 04-16-00186-CV

COTTER & SONS, INC.; James F. Cotter; Alamo Towers-Cotter, LLC; Cotter 11211 Katy
Freeway Building, LP; Cotter 7447 Harwin Building, LP; Cotter Equities LLC; Cotter Harwin
Equities LLC; Cotter Katy Equities LLC; Cotter Katy Freeway Building, LP; Et Al.,
Appellants

v.

BJ CORPORATION D/B/A NATIONAL BUILDING SERVICE,
Appellees

From the 438th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-CI-09427
Honorable Gloria Saldana, Judge Presiding

ORDER
In this appeal, Appellant Alamo Towers—Cotter, LLC filed a suggestion of bankruptcy.
The suggestion discloses that Appellant filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas under Case No. 17-52599-cag on
November 6, 2017. See 11 U.S.C. § 362 (2012); TEX. R. APP. P. 8.1.
Accordingly, this appeal and all time periods under the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure are stayed from the date the bankruptcy petition was filed in the bankruptcy court.
See 11 U.S.C. § 362 (“Automatic stay”); TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.
This appeal is ABATED. For administrative purposes, the appeal will be treated as a
closed case unless and until it is reinstated in accordance with Rule 8.3 of the Texas Rules of
Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3.

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Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 15th day of November, 2017.

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KEITH E. HOTTLE,
Clerk of Court