H. Jonathan Cooke v. Robert C. Karlseng

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 7, 2015
• Docket: 05-15-00441-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismiss and Opinion Filed May 7, 2015.

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-00441-CV

H. JONATHAN COOKE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ESCROW PARTNERS DALLAS, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS DALLAS, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, GP, INC.; TITLE PARTNERS, L.L.P.; NORTH AMERICAN MANAGEMENT, L.L.P.; TJ PARTNERS I, LLC; AND TJ PARTNERS II, LLC, Appellant

V.

ROBERT C. KARLSENG; KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; ASHLEY BRIGHAM PATTEN; PATTEN & KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; JACQUES YVES LEBLANC; AND LEBLANC, PATTEN AND KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C., Appellees

On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 06-02873-L

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart Opinion by Justice Stoddart

H. Jonathan Cooke, individually and on behalf of several partnerships, has filed a petition

for permissive appeal from two interlocutory summary judgment orders in favor of appellees.

Permissive appeals are authorized under section 51.014(d) of the Texas Civil Practice and

Remedies Code. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d) (West 2015). Applicable to

suits filed on or after September 1, 2011, this section provides an exception to the general rule

that interlocutory orders are not immediately appealable. See Act of May 25, 2011, 82d Leg., ch. 203, §§ 3.01, 6.01—.02, 2011 Tex. Gen. Laws 758, 759, 760 (current version at TEX. CIV. PRAC.

& REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d)); TEX. R. APP. P. 28.3 cmt.; CMH Homes v. Perez, 340 S.W.3d

444, 447 (Tex. 2011). The underlying suit here was filed in March 2006. At that time, section

51.014(d) authorized appeals from otherwise unappealable interlocutory orders where, among

other requirements, the parties agreed to the appeal. See Act of May 27, 2005, 79th Leg., R.S.,

ch. 1051, § 1, 2005 Tex. Gen. Laws 3512, 3513 (amended 2011). Appellees note in their

response to Cooke’s petition that they did not agree to the appeal. Cooke has filed no reply

disputing this assertion, and a review of the record before us confirms no agreement exists.

Accordingly, because appellees did not agree to the appeal and the section authorizing

permissive appeals is inapplicable, we deny the petition and dismiss the appeal for want of

jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

CRAIG STODDART JUSTICE

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H. JONATHAN COOKE, INDIVIDUALLY On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District AND ON BEHALF OF ESCROW Court, Dallas County, Texas PARTNERS DALLAS, L.P.; ESCROW Trial Court Cause No. 06-02873-L. PARTNERS DALLAS, GP, INC.; Opinion delivered by Justice Stoddart. Chief ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, L.P.; Justice Wright and Justice Lang-Miers ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, GP, participating. INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, GP, INC.; TITLE PARTNERS, L.L.P.; NORTH AMERICAN MANAGEMENT, L.L.P.; TJ PARTNERS I, LLC; AND TJ PARTNERS II, LLC, Appellant

No. 05-15-00441-CV V.

ROBERT C. KARLSENG; KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; ASHLEY BRIGHAM PATTEN; PATTEN & KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; JACQUES YVES LEBLANC; AND LEBLANC, PATTEN AND KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C. , Appellees

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.

We ORDER appellees Robert C. Karlseng; Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Ashley Brigham Patten; Patten & Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Jacques Yves LeBlanc; and LeBlanc, Patten and Karlseng Law Firm, P.C. recover their costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant H. Jonathan Cooke, individually and on behalf of Escrow Partners Dallas, L.P.; Escrow Partners Dallas, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Houston, L.P.; Escrow Partners Houston, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Austin, L.P.; Escrow Partners Austin, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners San Antonio, L.P.; Escrow

–3– Partners San Antonio, GP, Inc.; Title Partners, L.L.P.; North American Management, L.L.P.; TJ Partners I, LLC; and TJ Partners II, LLC.

Judgment entered this 7th day of May, 2015.

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