Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, LP v. Petromax Operating Co., Inc., Woodbine Acquisition, LLC, N/K/A MD America Energy, LLC, Petro Texas, LLC, CH4 Energy II, LLC, and Texcal Energy South Texas, LP

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 11, 2015
• Docket: 06-15-00044-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 06-15-00044-CV SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 8/11/2015 11:56:16 AM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK

No. 06-15-00044-CV

In the Court Of Appeals 6thTEXARKANA, FILED IN COURT OF APPEALS TEXAS for the Sixth Judicial District of Texas 8/11/2015 11:56:16 AM DEBBIE AUTREY at Texarkana Clerk

BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP,

Appellant, v.

PETROMAX OPERATING CO., INC., WOODBINE ACQUISITION, LLC, PETRO TEXAS, LLC, CH4 ENERGY II, LLC, AND TEXCAL ENERGY SOUTH TEXAS L.P.,

Appellees.

On Appeal from the 12th Judicial District Court Madison County, Texas Cause Number 12-13130-012-10

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellant Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP respectfully moves

the Court to extend the time for filing Appellant’s Brief by 30 days, to and including

September 21, 2015. Appellees do not opposed this requested extension.

1. The last of the clerk’s and reporter’s records was filed on July 21, 2015.

The current deadline for Appellant’s Brief is August 20, 2015. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.6(a).

1 2. Appellant requests a 30-day extension of time to file Appellant’s Brief,

to and including September 21, 2015. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.1(a).

3. In support of the requested extension, Appellant would show that Roger

Townsend, who is lead appellate counsel with responsibility for drafting Appellant’s

Brief, has been required to devote time during the initial briefing period to meet pre-

existing work commitments and deadlines, including: (a) preparation of the reply in

support of the petition for review in The General Land Office of the State of Texas,

et al. v. Sandridge Energy, Inc., et al, No. 15-0246, in the Supreme Court of Texas

(due August 24, 2015); and (b) preparation for oral argument in MM Steel, LP vs.

JSW Steel (USA) Incorporated, et al., No. 14-20267, in the United States Court of

Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (set August 31, 2015). These deadlines and

commitments have interfered with preparation of Appellant’s Brief by the current

deadline.

4. In addition, Appellant would show that Kirsten Castañeda, who also is

responsible for drafting Appellant’s Brief, has been required to devote time during

the initial briefing period to meet pre-existing and emergency work commitments

and deadlines, including: (a) co-drafting Appellants’ Brief in the large-record appeal

Catherine Stouffer, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 11-15-0052-CV, in the

Eastland Court of Appeals (originally due June 22, 2015; deadline extended to

August 21, 2015); (b) drafting the Petition for Review in Mary Kay Inc. v. eBay Inc.,

2 No. 15-0596, in the Supreme Court of Texas (due and filed August 10, 2015); and

(c) drafting a petition for writ of mandamus on an expedited basis. These deadlines

and commitments have interfered with preparation of Appellant’s Brief by the

current deadline.

5. Appellant has not sought any previous extensions of the deadline to file

Appellant’s Brief. This case has not yet been set for submission. Appellant seeks

this extension not solely for delay, but so that justice may be done.

6. As reflected in the Certificate of Conference below, Appellees do not

oppose the requested extension.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, Appellant prays that the Court grant this Motion and extend

the deadline for filing Appellant’s Brief in this matter by 30 days, to and including

September 21, 2015. Appellant also prays for such other and further relief to which

it may be entitled in law or in equity.

3 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kirsten M. Castañeda Roger D. Townsend State Bar No. 20167600 rtownsend@adjtlaw.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP 1844 Harvard Street Houston, Texas 77008 Telephone: (713) 523-2358 Telecopier: (713) 523-4553

Kirsten M. Castañeda State Bar No. 00792401 kcastaneda@adjtlaw.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Dallas, Texas 75206 Telephone: (214) 369-2358 Telecopier: (214) 369-2359

Fred Hagans State Bar No. 08685500 fhagans@hagans-law.com Kendall C. Montgomery State Bar No. 14293900 kmontgomery@hagans-law.com HAGANS BURDINE MONTGOMERY & RUSTAY, P.C. 3200 Travis, Fourth Floor Houston, Texas 77006 Telephone: (713) 222-2700 Telecopier: (713) 547-4950

4 Vincent L. Marable III State Bar No. 12961600 trippmarable@sbcglobal.net PAUL WEBB, P.C. 221 N. Houston Street Wharton, Texas 77488 Telephone: (979) 532-5331 Telecopier: (979) 532-2902

Counsel for Appellant Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that I conferred with counsel for Appellees through Rich Phillips, counsel for Appellee Woodbine Acquisition, LLC, on August 4, 10, and 11, 2015, regarding the extension requested in this Motion, and Mr. Phillips confirmed on behalf of Appellees jointly that Appellees do not oppose the requested extension.

/s/ Kirsten M. Castañeda Kirsten M. Castañeda

5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 11th day of August, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Unopposed Motion is served via e-service through efile.txcourts.gov on Appellees through counsel of record, listed below:

Mr. Brad D’Amico Mr. David J. Beck bd@canteyhanger.com dbeck@beckredden.com CANTEY HANGER LLP Mr. Thomas E. Ganucheau 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3300 tganucheau@beckredden.com Dallas, Texas 75201 BECK REDDEN LLP Counsel for Appellee Petromax 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Operating Co., Inc. Houston, Texas 77010-2010 Counsel for Appellees Petromax Mr. Greg W. Curry Operating Co., Inc., Petro Texas Greg.Curry@tklaw.com LLC, and CH4 Energy II, LLC Mr. Gregory D. Binns Gregory.Binns@tklaw.com Mr. Jesse R. Pierce Mr. Richard B. Phillips, Jr. JPierce@pierceoneill.com Rich.Phillips@tklaw.com Mr. Brian K. Tully THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP BTully@pierceoneill.com 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 PIERCE & O’NEILL, LLP Dallas, Texas 75201 4203 Montrose Blvd. Counsel for Appellee Woodbine Houston, Texas 77006 Acquisition, LLC n/k/a MD America Counsel for Appellee TexCal Energy LLC Energy South Texas, LP