City of Glen Rose, Texas and the Zoning Board of Adjustments of the City of Glen Rose, Texas v. Ernest and Shirley Reinke

• Court: Texas Supreme Court
• Decided: September 17, 2015
• Docket: 07-15-00266-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 07-15-00266-cv SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS AMARILLO, TEXAS 9/17/2015 2:56:44 PM Vivian Long, Clerk

CASE NO. 07-15-00266-CV FILED IN IN THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS 7th COURT OF APPEALS AMARILLO, TEXAS AT AMARILLO, TEXAS 9/17/2015 2:56:44 PM ***************************************** VIVIAN LONG CLERK CITY OF GLEN ROSE, TEXAS and THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF GLEN ROSE, TEXAS, Appellants, v.

ERNEST and SHIRLEY REINKE, Appellees. ***************************************** Appeal from Cause No. C10381 in the 249th Judicial District of Somervell County, the Honorable William Bosworth, Presiding ***************************************** APPELLANTS’ FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF *****************************************

Fredrick “Fritz” Quast Brady Pendleton fquast@toase.com Glen Rose City Attorney Texas Bar No. 24032974 brady@pendletonlawoffices.com Wayne K. Olson Law Offices of Bradley L. Pendleton wolson@toase.com P.O. Box 483 Texas Bar No. 15276900 Stephenville, Texas 76401 Ashley D. Dierker Telephone No.: (254) 965-4000 adierker@toase.com Fax No.: (817) 887-3196 Texas Bar No. 24065399 Members of the Law Firm of: Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P. 6000 Western Place, Suite 200 Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Telephone No.: (817) 332-2580 Fax No.: (817) 332-4740

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS CASE NO. 07-15-00266-CV IN THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS AT AMARILLO, TEXAS ***************************************** CITY OF GLEN ROSE, TEXAS and THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF GLEN ROSE, TEXAS, Appellants, v.

ERNEST AND SHIRLEY REINKE, Appellees. ***************************************** APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF ***************************************** TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Now comes the City of Glen Rose, Texas, and The Board of Adjustment of the

City of Glen Rose, Texas (collectively, Appellants), Appellants before this Court and

defendants in the trial court. Appellants move this Court for an order extending time

to file their brief. Appellants will show the following in support of this motion:

1. Background Facts

The clerk’s record was filed August 19, 2015.

2. The Extension Requested

If no extension is granted by this Court, the Appellants’ opening brief is due on

Monday, September 21, 2015. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(c). Appellants seek an

extension of time for a period of fourteen (14) days, until and including Monday,

1 October 5, 2015. This case is not accelerated and has not yet been set for submission.

3. Grounds for Extension

A reasonable explanation and good cause for the need for more time to file the

brief exists. Since the date the clerk’s record was filed, the undersigned counsel has

been occupied with numerous other matters, including:

(1) On September 22, 2015, the case of City of Carrollton v. Milan Hamrla,

et al., Case No. 02-15-00119-CV, is set for submission with oral

argument to the Second Court of Appeals. The undersigned counsel

represents the City of Carrollton and is preparing for argument in that

case. The record is extensive (over 3,600 pages in clerk’s record and a

five-volume reporter’s record).

(2) The undersigned counsel is city attorney for a city that has placed two of

its most senior officials on administrative leave pending an investigation

this summer. Late August and early September are important to the

budget adoption, property tax rate adoption, and the November election

cycle for cities, and the undersigned has been busy assisting interim

officials with these and related tasks.

(3) The undersigned counsel represents the Town of Annetta South in the

case of Town of Annetta South, et al. v. Seadrift Development, L.P., Case

No. 14-1052 before the Texas Supreme Court. Although review has not

2 been granted, on September 4, 2015, the supreme court requested full

briefing on the merits, with Annetta South’s brief due on October 4,

2015. The undersigned has begun preparing the brief.

No other attorney in counsel’s firm has had sufficient time, appellate expertise

and familiarity with this case to prepare the brief. Finally, this is the first extension

sought by the undersigned counsel in this case. The requested extension will not

unduly delay this case. The extension is not sought for purposes of delay, but so that

justice may be done.

4. Verification

Verification of this motion is not required pursuant to Rule 10.2 of the Texas

Rules of Appellate Procedure because the facts in support of this motion are either

within the appellate record, or are within the personal knowledge of the undersigned

counsel. Tex. R. App. P. 10.2.

REQUEST FOR RELIEF

For the reasons stated, Appellants request this Court enter an order granting the

requested extension of time. Appellants seek an extension of time for a period of

fourteen (14) days, until and including Monday, October 5, 2015.

3 Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Fredrick “Fritz” Quast Fredrick “Fritz” Quast fquast@toase.com Texas Bar No. 24032974 Wayne K. Olson wolson@toase.com Texas Bar No. 15276900 Ashley D. Dierker adierker@toase.com Texas Bar No. 24065399

Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P. 6000 Western Place, Suite 200 Fort Worth , Texas 76107 (817) 332-2580 - Telephone (817) 332-4740 - Fax

Brady Pendleton Glen Rose City Attorney brady@pendletonlawoffices.com Law Offices of Brady L. Pendleton P.O. Box 483 Stephenville, Texas 76401

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS

4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

A conference was held on the merits of this motion on September 17, 2015, between the counsel for Appellees, Stuart V. Neal, and the undersigned counsel for Appellant. This motion is not opposed.

/s/ Fredrick “Fritz” Quast Fredrick “Fritz” Quast

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A true and correct copy of the above and foregoing motion has been served through the electronic service provider pursuant to Rule 9.5(b) on this day, September 17, 2015, to the following counsel for Appellees:

Stuart V. Neal snealattorney@hotmail.com 201 East Bridge Street Granbury, Texas 76048 Phone : (817) 573-9980 Fax: (817) 579-6280 Attorney for Appellees

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

Pursuant to Rule 9.4(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the undersigned authority hereby certifies that according to the word processing software used to prepare this filing, the word count of this document is 531.