ACCEPTED
03-14-00199-CV
5814095
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
6/24/2015 5:24:39 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
NO. 03-14-000199-CV
FILED IN
IN THE 3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 6/24/2015 5:24:39 PM
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT JEFFREY D. KYLE
AUSTIN, TEXAS Clerk
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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, ET AL.
APPELLANTS
VERSUS
MONIQUE RATHBUN
APPELLEE
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FROM THE 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS
CAUSE NO. C2013-1082B, HON. DIB WALDRIP, PRESIDING
APPELLEE’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
FILE APPELLEE’S RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL
AUTHORITY OF APPELLANT CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
NOW COMES Appellee Monique Rathbun and files this Motion for Leave to File
Appellee’s Response to Notice of Supplemental Authority of Appellant Church of
Scientology, and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:
Appellee Monique Rathbun requests leave to file the attached Response to the
second Notice of Supplemental Authority filed by Appellant Church of Scientology
International (“CSI”). CSI filed its Notice to bring to the Court’s attention four
opinions applying the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act (“TCPA”)
Because Mrs. Rathbun believes that CSI has misstated the relevance of these
opinions to the case before the Court, Mrs. Rathbun seeks to files a brief response to
CSI’s notice.
WHEREFORE, Appellee Monique Rathbun prays that this Motion be granted,
Appellee’s Response to Notice of Supplemental Authority of Church of Scientology
International Brief of Appellee be filed in the papers of this appeal, and this Court
award her such other and further relief, both general and special, at law or in equity,
to which she may be entitled.
Respectfully submitted,
PULMAN, CAPPUCCIO,
PULLEN, BENSON & JONES, LP
2161 NW Military Highway, Suite 400
San Antonio, Texas 78213
www.pulmanlaw.com
(210) 222-9494 Telephone
(210) 892-1610 Facsimile
By: /s/ Leslie Sara Hyman
Elliott S. Cappuccio
Texas State Bar No. 24008419
ecappuccio@pulmanlaw.com
Leslie Sara Hyman
Texas State Bar No. 00798274
lhyman@pulmanlaw.com
Etan Z. Tepperman
Texas State Bar No. 24088514
etepperman@pulmanlaw.com
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THE JEFFREY LAW FIRM
Ray B. Jeffrey
Texas State Bar Number 10613700
2631 Bulverde Road, Suite 105
Bulverde, Texas 78163
(830) 438-8935 Telephone
(830) 438-4958 Facsimile
rjeffrey@sjmlawyers.com
THE WIEGAND LAW FIRM, P.C.
Marc F. Wiegand
Texas State Bar No. 21431300
434 North Loop 1604 West, Suite 2201
San Antonio, Texas 78232
(210) 998-3289 Telephone
(210) 998-3179 Facsimile
marc@wiegandlawfirm.com
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
MONIQUE RATHBUN
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), I certify that I have
conferred with counsel for Appellants, who indicated that they are not opposed to
the motion for leave to file.
/s/ Leslie Sara Hyman
Leslie Sara Hyman
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on the 24th day of June 2015, the foregoing Appellee’s Motion for
Leave to File Response to Notice of Supplemental Authority of Appellant Church
of Scientology has been transmitted by electronic service in accordance with the
requirements of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure addressed as follows:
Lamont A. Jefferson Wallace B. Jefferson
HAYNES & BOONE, LLP Rachel Ekery
112 East Pecan Street, Suite 1200 ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON &
San Antonio, Texas 78205-1540 TOWNSEND, LLP
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350
Austin, Texas 78701
J. Iris Gibson Ricardo Cedillo
HAYNES & BOONE, LLP Les J. Strieber III
600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1300 Isaac J. Huron
Austin, Texas 78701 DAVIS CEDILLO & MENDOZA, INC.
McCombs Plaza, Suite 500
755 East Mulberry Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78212
George H. Spencer, Jr. Jonathan H. Hull
CLEMENS & SPENCER Ashley B. Bowen
112 E. Pecan St., Suite 1300 REAGAN BURRUS
San Antonio, Texas 78205-1531 401 Main Plaza, Suite 200
New Braunfels, Texas 78130
Bert H. Deixler Stephanie S. Bascon
KENDALL BRILL & KLEIGER LLP LAW OFFICE OF STEPHANIE S. BASCON
Suite 1725 PLLC
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard 297 West San Antonio Street
Los Angeles, California 90067 New Braunfels, Texas 78130
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Gary D. Sarles Thomas S. Leatherbury
O. Paul Dunagan Marc A. Fuller
SARLES & OUIMET VINSON & ELKINS LLP
370 Founders Square Trammell Crow Center
900 Jackson Street 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75202 Dallas, Texas 75201
/s/ Leslie Sara Hyman
Leslie Sara Hyman
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Steven Gregory Sloat, Ed Bryan, Church of Scientology International, David J. Lubow, and Monty Drake v. Monique Rathbun
Combined Opinion