San Jacinto River Authority v. Michael A. Burney

ACCEPTED 01-18-00365-CV FIRST 5/10/2018 COURT OF 12:03 PM APPEALS Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County HOUSTON, TEXAS Envelope5/24/2018 No. 24505768 4:23 PM By: Shemeka Lee CHRISTOPHER PRINE Filed: 5/10/2018 12:03 PMCLERK CAUSE NO. 2018-10744 MICHAEL A. BURNEY, ET AL. § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FILED IN § 1st COURT OF APPEALS v. § HOUSTON, HARRIS TEXAS COUNTY § 5/24/2018 4:23:12 PM SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY § 157th JUDICIAL CHRISTOPHERDISTRICT A. PRINE Clerk DEFENDANT SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY’S NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL Defendant San Jacinto River Authority (“SJRA”) gives notices of its interlocutory appeal, under Section 51.014(a)(8) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and appeals the court’s denial of the SJRA’s Motion to Dismiss Under Rule 91a effective May 8, 2018. This accelerated appeal will be taken to the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. No related appeals or original proceedings have been filed in the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Respectfully submitted, LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP / s / Shane L. Kotlarsky WILLIAM S. HELFAND Texas Bar No.: 09388250 SHANE L. KOTLARSKY Texas Bar No.: 24083329 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1400 Houston, Texas 77046 (713) 659-6767 Telephone (713) 759-6830 Facsimile bill.helfand@lewisbrisbois.com shane.kotlarsky@lewisbrisbois.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT SJRA 4831-5332-2853.1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing notice has been served on counsel of record by electronic filing, certified or regular mail, and/or by facsimile on this the 10th day of May, 2018. William Fred Hagans Jennifer B. Rustay Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr. Hagans Montgomery & Rustay, P.C. 3200 Travis Street, Fourth Floor Houston, Texas 77006 Tel: (713) 222-2700 Fax: (713) 547-4950 E-mail: fhagans@hagans.law jrustay@hagans.law ckulhanek@hagans.law Justin E. Vandenbout justin.vandenbout@chamberlainlaw.com CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE, WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY 1200 Smith Street, Suite 1400 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 658-1818 Facsimile: (713) 658-2553 dbarton@bartonlawgroup.com THE BARTON LAW GROUP 1201 Shepherd Dr. Houston, Texas 77007 Telephone: (713) 227-4747 Facsimile: (713) 621 -5900 Dennis Reich dreich@reichandbinstock.com REICH & BINSTOCK, LLP 4265 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone: (713) 533-8665 Attorneys for Plaintiffs / s / Shane L. Kotlarsky SHANE L. KOTLARSKY 4831-5332-2853.1