Samson Lone Star Limited Partnership, N/K/A Samson Lone Star, L.L.C. v. Charles G. Hooks, III, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Charles G. Hooks, Jr., as Trustee of the Scott Ira McKeever Trust and the David Wayne McKeever Trust, and on Behalf of Chas. G. Hooks & Son, a General Partnership

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ACCEPTED 01-09-00328-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/21/2015 8:58:44 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 01-09-00328-CV In The FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS Houston, Texas 7/21/2015 8:58:44 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk SAMSON LONE STAR, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP N/K/A SAMSON EXPLORATION, LLC Appellant–Cross-Appellee, V. CHARLES G. HOOKS III, et al. Appellees–Cross-Appellants. Appeal from Cause B173008-B 60th District Court Jefferson County, Texas JOINT AGREED MOTION BY APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS AND APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSES Appellees/Cross-Appellants (“the Hooks”) and Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Samson Lone Star L.L.C. n/k/a Samson Exploration, LLC (“Samson”) jointly move to request an extension of time in which to file their responses in the referenced appeal. Both Hooks and Samson request an extension of sixteen days to and including August 21, 2015 in which to file their responses to supplemental briefs. In support of this motion, the parties would show as follows: 1. Under the current briefing schedule, the parties’ responses to supplemental briefing requested by the Court are due August 5, 2015. 2. The primary attorneys responsible for preparing and filing the responses on behalf of each of the parties have commitments and conflicts in their schedules that necessitate this request for an extension of time. Those conflicts include: a. Counsel for the Hooks has a long-scheduled vacation out of the country at the end of the July and has pre-trial deadlines and other work commitments that were already on the calendar before the supplemental briefing in this matter was scheduled. b. Counsel for Samson is currently working on an Appellee’s brief in an antitrust and Lanham Act appeal involving significant damages and injunctive relief, which brief is currently due in the Fifth Circuit also in August. Moreover, different deadlines for Appellant and Cross-Appellants to file their response briefs would create complications and awkwardly mismatched corresponding deadlines between the parties. Having such mismatched deadlines would likely not expedite this appeal, so a matching extension for Appellant/Cross- Appellee Samson should not cause delay. 3. This is the first extension of time for filing the response briefs that the parties have requested. 2 4. The parties have conferred with one another regarding their mutual motions for extension of time and have both agreed to each other’s requested extension, as shown by their filing of this joint agreed motion. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, the Hooks, and Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Samson jointly request the Court for an extension of time to and including August 21, 2015 in which to file their respective responses in the referenced action. 3 /s/ Marla Broaddus Shannon H. Ratliff State Bar No. 16573000 Marla Broaddus State Bar No. 24001791 Ratliff Law Firm, PLLC 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 3100 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 493-9600 (512) 493-9625 (Fax) sratliff@ratlifflaw.com mbroaddus@ratlifflaw.com David M. Gunn State Bar No. 08621600 Beck Redden, LLP 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 Houston, Texas 77010-2010 (713) 951-3700 (713) 951-3720 (Fax) dgunn@beckredden.com Paul F. Simpson State Bar No. 18403800 McGinnis Lochridge, LLP 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 615-8506 (713) 328-1806 (Fax) psimpson@mcginnislaw.com Patton G. Lochridge State Bar No. 12458500 McGinnis Lochridge, LLP 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 495-6000 (512) 495-6093 (Fax) plochridge@mcginnislaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES/CROSS- APPELLANTS THE HOOKS PARTIES 4 /s/ Cynthia K. Timms Michael V. Powell State Bar No. 16204400 Cynthia K. Timms State Bar No. 11161450 LOCKE LORD, LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 Dallas, Texas 75201 mpowell@lockelord.com ctimms@lockelord.com (214) 740-8000 (214) 740-8800 (Fax) M.C. Carrington State Bar No. 03880800 Mehaffy Weber P.O. Box 16 Beaumont, Texas 77704 (409) 835-5011 (409) 835-5177 (Fax) Dick Watt State Bar No. 20977700 Watt Beckworth Thompson & Henneman, LLP 1800 Pennzoil Place, South Tower 711 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 650-8100 (713) 650-8141 (Fax) ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT/CROSS- APPELLEE SAMSON LONESTAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP N/K/A/ SAMSON EXPLORATION, LLP 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 21, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Motion for Extension of Time was forwarded to all counsel of record by ECF and email as follows: Michael V. Powell M.C. Carrington Cynthia K. Timms Mehaffy Weber LOCKE LORD, LLP P.O. Box 16 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Dallas, Texas 75201 mccarrington@mehaffyweber.com mpowell@lockelord.com ctimms@lockelord.com Dick Watt Watt Beckworth Thompson & Henneman, LLP 1800 Pennzoil Place, South Tower 711 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 dwatt@wattbeckworth.com Attorneys for Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Samson /s/ Marla Broaddus Marla Broaddus 6