Heritage Gulf Coast Properties, Ltd and Sumer S. Pinglia v. Sandalwood Apartments, Inc., Jaikishin S. Bhagia and Nanik S. Bhagia

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 2, 2012
• Docket: 14-11-00976-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Motion Granted and Order filed August 2, 2012

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In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-11-00976-CV NO. 14-11-00980-CV ____________

Heritage Gulf Coast Properties, Ltd and Sumer S. Pinglia, Appellants/Cross- Appellees

v.

Sandalwood Apartments, Inc., Jaikishin S. Bhagia and Nanik S. Bhagia, Appellees/Cross-Appellants

On Appeal from the 11th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2008-64342

ORDER

Heritage Gulf Coast Properties, Ltd and Sumer S. Pinglia (the Heritage Parties) filed a notice of appeal from the final judgment signed August 3, 2011, and the appeal is docketed under our case number 14-11- 00976-CV. Sandalwood Apartments, Inc., Jaikishin S. Bhagia, and Nanik S. Bhagia (the Sandalwood Parties) filed a notice of cross appeal, and the appeal is docketed under our case number 14-11-00980-CV. On December 8, 2011, we ordered the appeals consolidated.

On July 25, 2012, the parties filed a joint motion to modify the briefing schedule for this appeal and cross-appeal. We GRANT the motion and issue the following order:

The briefing schedules in these appeals are modified as follows:

1. The Heritage Parties' Appellants' brief containing a maximum of 50 pages, as set out in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.4, will be due August 10, 2012, subject to any extension of time that may be granted;

2. The Sandalwood Parties' combined Appellees/cross-appellants' brief containing a maximum of 100 pages, as set out in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.4, (50 pages for the appellees' portion and 50 pages for the cross-appellants' portion) will be due 30 days after appellants' brief is filed, subject to any extension of time that may be granted;

3. The Heritage Parties' combined reply/cross/appellees' brief containing a maximum of 75 pages, as set out in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.4, (25 pages for the reply brief portion and 50 pages for appellees' portion) will be due 30 days after the Appellees/cross-appellants' brief is filed, subject to any extension of time that may be granted; and

4. The Sandalwood Parties' cross-appellants' reply brief containing a maximum of 25 pages, as set out in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.4, will be due 20 days after the reply/cross/appellees' brief is filed, subject to any extension of time that may be granted.

The appeals remain consolidated; accordingly, the filing deadlines apply to both cases and any document filed in one case number will apply to both case numbers.

PER CURIAM