Marilyn Washington, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, City of San Antonio, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Erik Walsh, and Jennifer Herriot v. Associated Builders and Contractors of South Texas Inc. Texas Retailers Association, Association of Convenience Store Retailers, and South Texas Merchants Associations

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RE: Court of Appeals Number: 04-20-00004-CV
Trial Court Case Number: 2019CI13921
Style: City of San Antonio, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Erik
Walsh, City Manager of the City of San Antonio, Jennifer Herriot, Interim Director of
the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Marilyn Washington, and Texas
Organizing Project Education Fund
v.
Associated Builders and Contractors of South Texas, Inc., American Staffing
Association, BBM Online, LLC d/b/a BBM Staffing, The Burnett Companies
Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal
Med Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC, eEmployers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates,
Inc. d/b/a Hawkins Personnel Group, LeadingEdge Personnel, Ltd., Staff Force, Inc.
d/b/a Staff-Force Personnel Services, San Antonio Manufacturers Association, San
Antonio Restaurant Association, Texas Retailers Association, Association of
Convenience Store Retailers, South Texas Merchants Association, and The State of
Texas

Enclosed please find the order which the Honorable Court of Appeals has issued in reference to
the above styled and numbered cause.

If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours,
MICHAEL A. CRUZ, CLERK OF COURT

_____________________________
Elizabeth Montoya
Legal Assistant, Ext. 53857

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 Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
March 4, 2020

No. 04-20-00004-CV

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Erik
Walsh, City Manager of the City of San Antonio, Jennifer Herriot, Interim Director of the San
Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Marilyn Washington, and Texas Organizing Project
Education Fund,
Appellants
v.

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS OF SOUTH TEXAS, INC., American
Staffing Association, BBM Online, LLC d/b/a BBM Staffing, The Burnett Companies
Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal Med
Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC, eEmployers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates, Inc. d/b/a
Hawkins Personnel Group, LeadingEdge Personnel, Ltd., Staff Force, Inc. d/b/a Staff-Force
Personnel Services, San Antonio Manufacturers Association, San Antonio Restaurant
Association, Texas Retailers Association, Association of Convenience Store Retailers, South
Texas Merchants Association, and The State of Texas,
Appellees

From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2019CI13921
The Honorable Peter Sakai, Judge Presiding

ORDER
On January 24, 2020, appellees Associated Builders & Contractors of South Texas, Inc.,
American Staffing Association, The Burnett Companies Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett
Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal Med Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC,
Employers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates, Inc. d/b/a Hawkins Personnel Group,
LeadingEdge Personnel Ltd., Staff Force, Inc. d/b/a Staff-Force Personnel Services, San Antonio
Manufacturers Association, and San Antonio Restaurant Association (collectively, “appellees”)
filed a partially opposed motion to abate this appeal pending final disposition of City of Austin,
Texas, et al. v. Texas Association of Business, et al., case no. 19-0025 in the Supreme Court of
Texas.
 After consideration of appellees’ motion, the responses in opposition, and appellees’
reply, the motion is GRANTED. It is ORDERED that this appeal is ABATED until the Supreme
Court of Texas either denies the petition for review or issues its opinion in City of Austin, Texas,
et al. v. Texas Association of Business, et al., or until further order of this court.

_________________________________
Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 4th day of March, 2020.

___________________________________
MICHAEL A. CRUZ,
Clerk of Court