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2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, City of Cibolo, Texas, City of Brownsville, Texas, City of Bonham, Texas, and City of Anna, Texas v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided May 6, 2025·No. 15-25-00086-CV·Published

Opinion

5/6/2025 3:43 PM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-23-007785 D-1-GN-23-007785 Selina Hamilton

CITY OF GRAND PRAIRE, et al., § FILED IN Plaintiffs, § 15th COURT OF APPEALS § AUSTIN, TEXAS and § IN THE 5/9/2025 8:59:44 AM § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, et al., § Clerk Intervenor-Plaintiffs, § 261ST DISTRICT COURT OF § v. § § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS THE STATE OF TEXAS, ATTORNEY § GENERAL KENNETH PAXTON, in his § official capacity, TEXAS COMPTROLLER § OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS GLEN HEGAR, § in his official capacity, and THE OFFICE § OF THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF § PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, § Defendants, § § and § § LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS, LLC, § Intervenor-Defendant. §

NOTICE OF APPEAL by INTERVENOR-PLAINTIFF CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

COMES NOW, CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, Intervenor-Plaintiff herein, and files this Notice of Appeal, and in support thereof respectfully shows:

1. On April 14, 2025 in cause number D-1-GN-23-007785, styled City of Grand Prairie, City of

Aledo, City of Angleton, City of Aubrey, City of Bulverde, City of Clyde, City of College

Station, City of Crandall, City of Denison, City of Denton, City of Edcouch, City of Elsa, City

of Fate, City of Hutto, City of Kaufman, City of Lavilla, City of Lockhart, City of McKinney,

City of Navasota, City of Parker, City of Van Alstyne, and Aubrey Municipal Development

District and City of Brownsville, City of Anna, City of Cibolo and City of Bonham vs. The State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton, in his Official Capacity, Texas Comptroller

of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar, in his Official Capacity, and the Office of the Texas

Comptroller of Public Accounts and 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, in the 261st

District Court of Travis County Texas, Honorable Maria Cantu Hexsel issued an Order on

Pending Motions, against Plaintiffs and Intervenor-Plaintiffs.

2. Intervenor-Plaintiff City of Brownsville desires to appeal said order.

3. The appeal is taken to the Fifteenth Judicial District Court of Appeals at Austin, Travis

County.

4. This notice of appeal is filed within 30 days of the order entered and is thus timely per Rule

26.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Respectfully submitted,

CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

GUILLERMO “WILL” TREVIÑO CITY ATTORNEY State Bar No. 24044743 Litigation@brownsvilletx.gov Will.Trevino@brownsvilletx.gov (956) 548 – 6070 1001 East Elizabeth Street Brownsville, Texas 78520

/s/ Lena Chaisson-Muñoz _____________________ Lena Chaisson-Muñoz Assistant City Attorney State Bar No. 24085244 Lena.Munoz@brownsvilletx.gov Jennifer Avendaño First Assistant City Attorney State Bar No. 24052304 Jennifer.Avendano@brownsvilletx.gov Criselda Rincon-Flores Assistant City Attorney State Bar No. 24049412 Criselda.Flores@brownsvilletx.gov

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this 6th day of May 2025, a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appeal has been delivered to all counsel of record via EFSP and/or e-mail.

/s/ Lena Chaisson-Muñoz ____________________ Lena Chaisson-Muñoz Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Envelope ID: 100509352 Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal Filing Description: NOTICE OF APPEAL BY INTERVENOR-PLAINTIFF CITY OF BROWNSVILLE Status as of 5/9/2025 8:43 AM CST

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Andy Messer andy@txmunicipallaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Clark McCoy 90001803 cmccoy@wtmlaw.net 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

William Thompson 24088531 will@lkcfirm.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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George Hyde 45006157 ghyde@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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Laura Hendrix laura.hendrix@oag.texas.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Michael Bostic 24113617 michael.bostic@tdlr.texas.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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Matthew Weston mweston@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Lena Chaisson-Munoz lena.munoz@brownsvilletx.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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Becky Kohl beckyk@txmunicipallaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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Victoria Wilhelm vwilhelm@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Envelope ID: 100509352 Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal Filing Description: NOTICE OF APPEAL BY INTERVENOR-PLAINTIFF CITY OF BROWNSVILLE Status as of 5/9/2025 8:43 AM CST

Case Contacts

Victoria Wilhelm vwilhelm@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Maisa Siqueira maisa@txmunicipallaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Josh Morrow Josh@lkcfirm.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Todd Disher todd@lkcfirm.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Will Trevino will.trevino@brownsvilletx.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Maida Garcia maida.garcia@brownsvilletx.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Evelyne Jones ejones@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Lauren Fogerty lfogerty@txlocalgovlaw.com 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Elena Bendea Elena.Bendea@cpa.texas.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

Adam Fellows Adam.Fellows@cpa.texas.gov 5/6/2025 3:43:46 PM SENT

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2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, City of Cibolo, Texas, City of Brownsville, Texas, City of Bonham, Texas, and City of Anna, Texas v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, (Tex. Ct. App. 2025).

2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, City of Cibolo, Texas, City of Brownsville, Texas, City of Bonham, Texas, and City of Anna, Texas v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, City of Cibolo, Texas, City of Brownsville, Texas, City of Bonham, Texas, and City of Anna, Texas v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.