Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and U.S. Specialty Insurance Company, Surety v. Standard Renewable Energy, LP and SRE3 GP, LLC, Individually and as Its General Partner

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 13, 2015
• Docket: 02-15-00124-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 02-15-00124-CV SECOND COURT OF APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS 4/13/2015 11:20:24 AM DEBRA SPISAK CLERK

Cause No. 2013-40749-362

HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RECEIVED IN § 2nd COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiff, § FORT WORTH, TEXAS § 04/13/2015 11:20:24 AM v. § DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS DEBRA SPISAK § Clerk STANDARD RENEWABLE ENERGY, LP § AND SRE3 GP, LLC, individually and as its § General Partner, § § Defendants, § § v. § § U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, § Surety, § § Third Party Defendant. § 362nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF APPEAL ______________________________________________________________________________

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

Plaintiff, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (“Hobby Lobby”) and Third Party Defendant, U.S.

Specialty Insurance Company, as Surety (“U.S. Specialty”), file the following Notice of Appeal

and, in support thereof, would respectfully show the Court as follows:

I.

This Notice of Appeal is filed by Plaintiff Hobby Lobby and Third Party Defendant U.S.

Specialty.

II.

The identity of the trial court, cause number, and style of this case are as shown in the

caption above.

NOTICE OF APPEAL - Page 1 III.

Hobby Lobby and U.S. Specialty appeal from the Trial Court’s Final Judgment, dated

January 29, 2015, and from the Trial Court’s (i) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion to

Release Bond to Indemnify Against Lien, (ii) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion for

Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and (iii) Order Denying Hobby Lobby’s Motion for New

Trial, all dated April 9, 2015.

IV.

Hobby Lobby and U.S. Specialty desire to appeal from the decision of the Court and

Final Judgment and Orders.

V.

This appeal is taken to the Second Court of Appeals sitting in Fort Worth, Texas.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________________ KIMBERLY M. J. SIMS State Bar No. 24046167 ksims@palterlaw.com

PALTER STOKLEY SIMS PLLC 8115 Preston Rd., Suite 600 Dallas, Texas 75225 Telephone: (214) 888-3106 Facsimile: (214) 888-3109

ATTORNEY FOR HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.

NOTICE OF APPEAL - Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing was served upon the following, on this 13th day of April, 2015.

VIA EMAIL: ERICD@TEXASBUSLAW.COM Eric F. Dankesreiter, Esq. VIA EMAIL: DCRAFTON@TEXASBUSLAW.COM Debra S. Crafton, Esq. WIGINGTON & DANKESREITER LLP 3010 Broadmoor Lane Flower Mound, Texas 75022

__________________________ Kimberly M. J. Sims

NOTICE OF APPEAL - Page 3