ACCEPTED 01-15-00705-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/8/2015 2:09:36 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
No. 01-15-00705-CV
In the Court of Appeals FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS For the First Judicial District of Texas HOUSTON, TEXAS Houston, Texas 12/8/2015 2:09:36 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Jay H. Cohen, Appellant
v.
Tour Partners, Ltd.; Dennis J. Wilkerson; and Eighteen Investments, Inc., Appellees
On Appeal from Cause No. 2013-68181 In The 55th District Court of Harris County, Texas The Honorable Judge Shadwick, Presiding
Appellees’ Response to Appellant’s Motion for Extension
Hawash Meade Gaston Neese & Cicack LLP Walter J. Cicack Texas Bar No. 04250535 Samuel B. Haren Texas Bar No. 24059899 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 713-658-9001 (phone) 713-658-9011 (fax) wcicack@hmgnc.com sharen@hmgnc.com Attorneys for Appellees and Cross Appellant Appellant Jay H. Cohen’s opening brief was due on November 13, 2015. He
did not file one until December 8, 2015. His excuses for his tardiness are vague and
self-contradictory, and the Court should not permit him to file his late brief.
Background
Cohen and Cross-Appellee Tour Partners, Ltd. (“Tour Partners”) were
involved in related lawsuits before the 55th and 269th District Courts of Harris
County, Texas (the “55th Case” and “269th Case,” respectively). The 55th Case led
to the instant appeal. Cohen’s appeal of the 269th Case was docketed in the
Fourteenth Court of Appeals as Cause Number 14-15-00392-CV. Cohen requested
and received three extensions of his briefing deadline, but he never filed his opening
brief—or even a fourth request for extension—in that appeal. See Exhibit 1, 14th
Court Motion to Dismiss (detailing Cohen’s history of extensions). The Fourteenth
Court dismissed Cohen’s appeal of the 269th Case on November 10, 2015. See
Exhibit 2, 14th Court Memorandum Opinion.
Cohen’s opening brief was due in the instant appeal on November 13, 2015.
Cohen did not meet that deadline. Tour Partners filed a Motion to Dismiss on
November 23, 2015, which is incorporated herein. On November 24, 2015, the Court
issued a Notice of Late Brief which warned Cohen that his appeal could be dismissed
unless he filed a brief and motion for extension by December 4, 2015. That notice
further stated that an untimely brief would only be accepted if Cohen could “reasonably explain [his] failure to timely file [his] brief” and if Tour Partners “is
not significantly injured” by Cohen’s failure to comply with his briefing deadline.
Cohen missed that deadline as well.
On December 8, 2015, Cohen filed his brief and motion for extension (the
“Motion”). But his Motion does not offer a reasonable explanation for his failure to
meet his briefing deadline.
Discussion
I. Cohen’s explanations for his untimely brief are vague and contradictory.
According to Cohen, he should be excused from his briefing deadline because
(1) he was too sick to file a timely motion for extension and (2) he has been too busy
to timely file a motion for extension. That is, Cohen says he was unable to draft a
two-page motion for extension despite having the time and ability to try a case,
prepare for three other trials, attend two mediations, participate in a tax protest
hearing, prepare for and conduct an involved shareholder meeting, respond to
discovery, and perform “[v]arious other time-sensitive matters for clients.” See
Motion at 3–4. Apparently, filing a motion to extend a briefing deadline in this Court
was not one of those a “time-sensitive matters” Cohen’s attorney—or his partner—
chose to perform.
Cohen’s Motion does not list all of the relevant “other matters” on which his
attorney worked. For example, Cohen’s counsel was not so ill as to prevent him from
2 filing a motion to extend in his case against Tour Partners in the Fourteenth Court
on September 9, 2015, nor was he too busy to file a new lawsuit on behalf of Cohen
on October 22, 2015. See Exhibit 3, Third Motion for Extension; Exhibit 4, Cohen’s
District Court Petition. Moreover, Cohen’s attorney further fails to explain how his
illness and family matters prevented him from filing a timely motion for extension
or contacting Tour Partners regarding his predicament but did not prevent him from
completing the tasks described in his Motion as well as the “[v]arious other time-
sensitive matters for clients.” In short, Cohen has failed to provide a “reasonable
explanation” for his delay.
II. Tour Partners would be injured if Court accepts Cohen’s untimely brief.
Tour Partners has filed a cross appeal in this case.1 That appeal would provide
an alternative basis to uphold the trial court’s ruling in the event Cohen would
otherwise succeed in the instant appeal. If Cohen does not succeed in his appeal,
Tour Partner’s cross appeal will be moot. Because Cohen’s other appeal was
dismissed by the Fourteenth Court, Tour Partners asked Cohen on November 16,
2015 whether he intended to file a brief in this appeal. See Exhibit 8,
1 Tour Partners won both the 55th and 269th Cases on summary judgment. See Exhibit 5, 269th Summary Judgment Order; Exhibit 6, 55th First Summary Judgment Order. After the 269th Court issued a final judgment, Tour Partners filed a supplemental motion for summary judgment in the 55th Case based on res judicata. Because Tour Partners had already defeated Cohen’s claims, the 55th Court denied that supplemental motion as moot. See Exhibit 7, 55th Second Summary Judgment Order.
3 Correspondence. Cohen did not respond to that email, nor did he (1) explain his
difficulties in filing a brief nor (2) ask Tour Partners to agree to an extension.2 Had
he done so in a timely manner, Tour Partners would have certainly considered
agreeing to an extension based on the health of Cohen’s attorney. Tour Partners
agreed to Cohen’s first request for an extension in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals,
demonstrating its reasonableness in these matters. See Exhibit 9, Cohen’s First
Motion for Extension.
Due to the Fourteenth Court’s dismissal of Cohen’s other appeal and Cohen’s
lack of any indication that he intended to file a brief or seek an extension in this
appeal, Tour Partners correctly surmised that Cohen did not intend to file a timely
brief in this case. As a result, Tour Partners did not undertake the time and expense
of drafting an unnecessary brief. If Cohen is allowed to file his untimely brief, Tour
Partners will not be able to present its cross appeal unless the Court grants it leave
to do so.
Conclusion
Cohen did not file his brief or Motion until well after the deadline. As detailed
in Tour Partners’ previously-filed Motion to Dismiss, Cohen is a serial-offender in
this regard. Cohen has not provided a cogent or reasonable explanation for his
2 Cohen’s certificate of conference notwithstanding, he has not communicated with Tour Partners at all regarding his briefing in this case, let alone conferred on his request for an extension of his briefing deadline.
4 failure, and allowing Cohen to file an untimely brief would harm Tour Partners. Tour
Partners prays that the Court dismiss Cohen’s appeal, issue a final judgment, and
grant Tour Partners all other relief to which it is entitled.
In the event the Court accepts Cohen’s untimely brief, Tour Partners asks for
fourteen (14) days to file its opening brief on its cross appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
Hawash Meade Gaston Neese & Cicack LLP
/s/ Walter J. Cicack Walter J. Cicack Texas Bar No. 04250535 Samuel B. Haren Texas Bar No. 24059899 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 713-658-9001 (phone) 713-658-9011 (fax) wcicack@hmgnc.com sharen@hmgnc.com
Attorneys for Appellees and Cross-Appellant
5 Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on
the following via Electronic Service, on December 8, 2015:
George F. May Twomey | May, PLLC 2 Riverway, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77056 george@twomeymay.com
Attorney for Appellant Jay H. Cohen
/s/ Samuel B. Haren Samuel B. Haren
6 ACCEPTED 14-15-00392-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 10/19/2015 2:51:00 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
No. 14-15-00392-CV
In the Court of Appeals For the Fourteenth Judicial District of Texas Houston, Texas
Jay H. Cohen, Appellant
Tour Partners, Ltd., Appellee
On Appeal from Cause No. 2013-41051 In The 269th District Court of Harris County, Texas The Honorable Judge Hinde, Presiding
Tour Partners’ Motion to Dismiss for Want of Prosecution
Hawash Meade Gaston Neese & Cicack LLP Walter J. Cicack Texas Bar No. 04250535 Samuel B. Haren Texas Bar No. 24032854 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 713-658-9001 (phone) 713-658-9011 (fax) wcicack@hmgnc.com sharen@hmgnc.com Attorneys for Appellee Tour Partners, Ltd.
Exhibit 1 Appellant Jay H. Cohen (“Cohen”) has received three extensions of his
briefing deadline. Despite these extensions, Cohen still has not filed his brief. As
demonstrated below, the Court should dismiss Cohen’s appeal for want of
prosecution.
The initial clerk’s record was filed on June 10. Cohen’s opening brief was
initially due on July 10. Cohen has requested three extensions of his briefing
deadline:
First Extension: Two days before his initial deadline, Cohen sought a thirty-one day extension based on his attorney’s busy schedule. Appellee Tour Partners, Ltd. (“Tour Partners”) did not oppose this request. The Court granted the thirty-one day extension.
Second Extension: The day of the second deadline, Cohen sought a thirty- day extension based on his dissatisfaction with the contents of the Clerk’s Record. Tour Partners did not oppose this request. The Court granted the thirty-day extension.
Third Extension: The day of the third deadline, Cohen sought another extension based on his dissatisfaction with the Contents of the Clerk’s Record. Because Cohen’s own inattention to the file caused the lateness of the Clerk’s Record, Tour Partners opposed this request. The Court (1) granted a thirty-six day extension and (2) warned that “no further extensions will be granted absent exceptional circumstances . . . .” Order Granting Third Motion to Extend (emphasis in original).
Cohen’s final deadline to file his brief was Thursday, October 15. As of the
afternoon of Monday, October 19, Cohen still has not filed his brief. Discussion
“If an appellant fails to timely file a brief,” Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure
38.8(a)(1) allows the Court to “dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution, unless
the appellant reasonably explains the failure . . . .” Despite three extensions, Cohen
has failed to timely file a brief.
According to Cohen, this failure was caused by Cohen’s confusion over the
contents of his own record:
In reviewing the brief as drafted last week, I realized that it had been drafted assuming that no summary judgment evidence was excluded. The order granting in part some of your objections had not made it into the record. I immediately emailed Sam [Haren, attorney for Tour Partners,] and you to ask permission to include the order as a tab to the brief, which Sam indicated was not opposed.1 To not mislead the Court, I then attempted to re-draft the brief to ensure that there was no error as to the summary judgment evidence admitted, and I also had to address the exclusions. The re-write was too significant (as you can imagine) to complete in time. I have redrafted the brief and will be filing it tomorrow with a motion to extend time to the filing date. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume you are opposed to the extension.
Exhibit 1, Email from May to Cicack at 1 (emphasis added). That is, Cohen failed
to meet his fourth briefing deadline because he once again did not thoroughly
examine the Clerk’s Record until the evening his brief was due.2
1 The request referenced by Cohen was sent at 5:24 p.m. on the October 15 briefing deadline. See Exhibit 1, Email from May to Cicack at 2. Tour Partners’ counsel agreed to this request. Id. 2 In assessing this inattention, the Court should note that Cohen’s current appellate counsel also represented him at the time of the evidentiary ruling in question.
2 Prayer
Cohen has had three chances to file his brief on time. Tour Partners
respectfully submits that the Court should not indulge Cohen’s continued lack of
diligence by granting him a strike four. Tour Partners prays that the Court dismiss
Cohen’s appeal for want of prosecution and grant Tour Partners all other relief to
which it is entitled.
/s/ Walter J. Cicack Walter J. Cicack Texas Bar No. 04250535 Samuel B. Haren Texas Bar No. 24032854 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 713-658-9001 (phone) 713-658-9011 (fax) wcicack@hmgnc.com sharen@hmgnc.com
Attorneys for Appellee Tour Partners, Ltd.
3 Certificate of Conference
I hereby certify that I have conferred with opposing counsel concerning the
relief requested herein. Opposing counsel is opposed.
Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on
the following via Electronic Service, on October 19, 2015:
George F. May Twomey | May, PLLC 2 Riverway, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77056 george@twomeymay.com
4 From: George May Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 12:32 PM To: Walter Cicack; Sam Haren Subject: RE: Cohen v. Preston, Tour Partners
Walter,
I am preparing for a shareholders' meeting for a corporate client today.
In reviewing the brief as drafted last week, I realized that it had been drafted assuming that no summary judgment evidence was excluded. The order granting in part some of your objections had not made it into the record. I immediately emailed Sam and you to ask permission to include the order as a tab to the brief, which Sam indicated was not opposed. To not mislead the Court, I then attempted to re-draft the brief to ensure that there was no error as to the summary judgment evidence admitted, and I also had to address the exclusions. The re-write was too significant (as you can imagine) to complete in time. I have redrafted the brief and will be filing it tomorrow with a motion to extend time to the filing date. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume you are opposed to the extension.
Should you wish to file a motion to dismiss, which I of course would oppose, please note the above for the Court. I am tied up today but available in the morning tomorrow if you wish to talk.
George F. May, BS, JD Twomey | May, PLLC 2 Riverway, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 659-0000 (832) 201-8485 – Facsimile george@twomeymay.com
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-----Original Message----- From: Walter Cicack [mailto:wcicack@hmgnc.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 11:59 AM To: George May; Sam Haren Subject: RE: Cohen v. Preston, Tour Partners
George, I just left you a message. I just want to make sure we did not miss something. If you filed something in the appeal of the Cohen case I did not get it. Assuming you did not file something, we will file a motion to dismiss and I wanted to see if you opposed. Please get back to me. Thanks
Walter Cicack (713) 658-9003 (direct)
-----Original Message----- From: Walter Cicack Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 4:35 PM To: 'George May' ; Sam Haren 1
Exhibit 1 Subject: RE: Cohen v. Preston, Tour Partners
George, did you file something? We did not receive anything.
-----Original Message----- From: George May [mailto:george@twomeymay.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:24 PM To: Sam Haren ; Walter Cicack Subject: Cohen v. Preston, Tour Partners
Sam and/or Walter,
Judge Hinde's order on your summary judgment objections did not make it into the record somehow. May I include a copy as a tab with the appendix?
George May Twomey May, PLLC Two Riverway, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 659-0000 (281) 201-8485 - fax george@twomeymay.com
2 Motion Granted; Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 10, 2015.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
JAY COHEN, Appellant V.
TOURS PARTNERS, LTD. AND PRESTON REALTY CORPORATION, Appellee
On Appeal from the 269th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2013-41051
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an appeal from a judgment signed January 28, 2015. The clerk’s record was filed June 10, 2015. No reporter’s record was taken. Appellant’s brief was due October 15, 2015. No brief was filed.
On October 29, 2015, appellee filed a motion to dismiss for want of prosecution. See Tex. App. P. 42.3(b). Appellant filed no response. Accordingly,
Exhibit 2 appellee’s motion is granted and the appeal is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Busby, and Brown.
2 ACCEPTED 14-15-00392-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/9/2015 5:51:38 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
NO: 14-15-00392-CV
IN THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS AT HOUSTON, TEXAS
JAY H. COHEN, Appellant v. TOUR PARTNERS, LTD, Appellee
From the 269th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2013-41051
APPELLANT’S THIRD MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF TO ALLOW TIME FOR SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD TO BE FILED
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.3, Appellant Jay H.
Cohen files this Motion for Extension of Time to File his Appellant’s Brief,
which motion complies with Rule 10.5(b), and in support thereof would
respectfully show as follows:
1. This is an appeal from a final judgment in Cause No. 2013-41051;
Jay H. Cohen v. Tour Partners, Ltd. and Preston Realty Corporation; in the
269th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas.
2. This is Appellant’s third request for an extension of time.
Exhibit 3 Appellant’s first unopposed request was granted on July 9, 2015 and his second
unopposed request was granted on August 13, 2015.
3. The original clerk’s record was incomplete. The clerk’s record
filed failed to contain all of the summary judgment pleadings upon which the
trial court ruled and a supplemental record was requested on July 29, 2015.
4. Appellant also filed an Unopposed Motion with the Court of
Appeals to permit the filing of the Supplemental Clerk’s Record. The Court of
Appeals granted Appellant’s Unopposed Motion to Supplement the Clerk’s
Record on August 13, 2015.
5. Appellee’s counsel has stated that Appellee opposes this request
for an extension to allow time for the requested Supplemental Clerk’s Record to
be filed.
6. The Supplemental Clerk’s Record has not been prepared or filed.
Attached as Exhibit 1 hereto is Appellant’s counsel’s correspondence of even
date to the Harris County District Clerk requesting that the Supplemental
Clerk’s Record be RUSHED.
7. The extended deadline for Appellant to file his initial brief is
today, September 9, 2015.
8. Because the Supplemental Clerk’s Record has yet to be filed,
Appellant is unable to properly or adequately prepare Appellant’s brief and is
2 requesting an extension of time until the earlier of 14-days after the
Supplemental Clerk’s Record is filed or October 15, 2015.
9. Mr. Cohen does not seek this extension for the purposes of delay.
Appellant seeks this extension in the interest of justice; specifically to permit
the incomplete record to be supplemented pursuant to the pending request to the
trial court clerk.
PRAYER
For all these reasons, Appellant Jay H. Cohen respectfully requests a 30-
day extension of time for filing his Appellant’s Brief from today, September 9,
2015 until the earlier of 14-days after the Supplemental Clerk’s Record is filed
with the Court of Appeals or October 15, 2015. Mr. Cohen also seeks all such
other or further relief to which he may be justly entitled.
TWOMEY | MAY, PLLC
/s/ George F. May/ _______________________________ George F. May TBA No. 24037050 2 Riverway, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 659-0000 [Telephone] (832) 201-8485 [Telecopier] george@twomeymay.com
Counsel for Appellant, Jay H. Cohen
I certify that on September 9, 2015, I conferred with Sam Haren, co-counsel for Appellee, via email and counsel stated that Appellee is opposed to this motion.
/s/ George F. May/ _______________________________ George F. May
As required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.3 and 9.5(b), (d), (e), I certify that I have served this document on counsel for Appellee as listed below on September 9, 2015 as follows:
Walter J. Cicack wcicack@hmgnc.com HAWASH MEAD GASTON NEESE & CICACK, LLP 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 658-9001 Facsimile: (713) 658-9011
By (check all that apply) personal delivery mail commercial delivery service X fax, email, or electronic service
/s/ George F. May/ George F. May
Date: September 9, 2015
4 TWOMEY | MAY, P.L.L.C. TWOMEY | MAY, P.L.L.C. Attorneys at Law 2 Riverway, 15th Floor George F. May Houston, Texas 77056 george@twomeymay.com (713) 659-0000 – Telephone (832) 201-8485 – Telecopier
August 9, 2015
Mr. Chris Daniel Via E-File and Hand Delivery District Clerk, Civil Division Attn: Ms. Phyllis Washington, Deputy Post Judgment P.O. Box 4651 Houston, Texas 77210
RE: Request to Rush Supplemental Clerk’s Record in Appellate Case No. 14-15-00392-CV; Jay Cohen v. Tour Partners, Ltd. and Preston Realty Corporation; In the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas- Trial Court No. 2012-41051
Dear Ms. Washington:
On July 29, 2015, a request to supplement the clerk’s record in the above referenced case was filed by Appellant Jay Cohen. The request is attached as Exhibit A.
On August 13, 2015, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals granted Mr. Cohen’s motion to supplement the Clerk’s Record. Notice of the Court of Appeal’s Order is attached as Exhibit B.
The deadline for Mr. Cohen’s Appellant’s brief was set to be today, September 9, 2015. The supplemental record has not been prepared or filed and Mr. Cohen is requesting that the preparation and filing of the supplemental clerk’s record be RUSHED and fulfilled on the earliest possible date.
Please contact me when your office has calculated the estimated cost of the supplemental record and we will hand-deliver payment the same day.
Thank you for your assistance and cooperation in this urgent matter. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ George F. May/
George F. May
Counsel for Appellant Jay Cohen
Cc: Walter Cicack (via e-mail to wcicack@hmgnc.com) Sam Haren (via e-mail to sharen@hmgnc.com) EXHIBIT A 7/29/2015 4:30:28 PM Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County Envelope No. 6281005 By: Duane Gilmore Filed: 7/29/2015 4:30:28 PM
NO. 2013-41051
JAY COHEN, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Plaintiff § § v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS § TOUR PARTNERS, LTD., and § PRESTON REALTY CORPORATION, §
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Da from the above numbered and styled case. The supplemental record should be certified and is delivered to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Appeal Case 14-15-00392-CV. hr C
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nie Image No. 63030227 Exhibit A-9 - filed on 11/03/2014; 3 pages Image No. 63030228 Exhibit A-9a - filed on 11/03/2014; 7 pages Da Image No. 63030229 Exhibit A-9b - filed on 11/03/2014; 6 pages Image No. 63030250 Exhibit B - filed on 11/03/2014; 2 pages is Image No. 63030251 Exhibit B-1 - filed on 11/03/2014; 4 pages hr
Image No. 63030252 Exhibit B-2 - filed on 11/03/2014; 7 pages Image No. 63030253 Exhibit C - filed on 11/03/2014; 145 pages C
Image No. 62928870 Tour Partners Response to Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Substitute of
Counsel - filed on 10/27/2014; 2 pages e
Image No. 62861852 Plaintiff Jay Cohen's unopposed Motion to Substitute counsel - filed on 10/22/2014; 4 pages ffic
Image No. 62861853 proposed order granting motion to substitute counsel - filed on 10/22/2014; yO
2 pages Image No. 62821118 Tour Partners' Traditional and No-Evidence Motion for Summary Judgment - filed on 10/17/2014; 36 pages op
Image No. 62821121 Exhibit 1 - filed on 10/17/2014; 76 pages C
Image No. 62821130 Exhibit 10 - filed on 10/17/2014; 3 pages Image No. 62821131 Exhibit 11 - filed on 10/17/2014; 3 pages ial
Image No. 62821132 Exhibit 12 - filed on 10/17/2014; 4 pages fic
Image No. 62821133 Exhibit 13 - filed on 10/17/2014; 4 pages Image No. 62821134 Exhibit 14 - filed on 10/17/2014; 4 pages of
Image No. 62821135 Exhibit 15 - filed on 10/17/2014; 7 pages Un
Image No. 62821136 Exhibit 16 - filed on 10/17/2014; 15 pages Image No. 62821137 Exhibit 17 - filed on 10/17/2014; 8 pages Image No. 62821138 Exhibit 18 - filed on 10/17/2014; 9 pages Image No. 62821139 Exhibit 19 - filed on 10/17/2014; 5 pages Image No. 62821122 Exhibit 2 - filed on 10/17/2014; 5 pages Image No. 62821123 Exhibit 3 - filed on 10/17/2014; 3 pages Image No. 62821124 Exhibit 4 - filed on 10/17/2014; 19 pages Image No. 62821125 Exhibit 5 - filed on 10/17/2014; 12 pages Image No. 62821126 Exhibit 6 - filed on 10/17/2014; 6 pages Image No. 62821127 Exhibit 7 - filed on 10/17/2014; 45 pages
3 Image No. 62821128 Exhibit 8 - filed on 10/17/2014; 2 pages Image No. 62821129 Exhibit 9 - filed on 10/17/2014; 4 pages Image No. 62663391 Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel - filed on 10/07/2014; 2 pages Image No. 62663392 Docket Control Order - filed on 10/07/2014; 1 pages Image No. 62690110 Exhibit 03 - filed on 10/09/2014; 2 pages Image No. 62305356 ORDER SIGNED GRANTING ENTRY OF TEMPORARY ORDERS - filed on 08/25/2014; 1 pages Image No. 61683924 Discovery Control Plan - filed on 07/23/2014; 1 pages Image No. 61512462 Plaintiffs Ellington F Holdings LLC's and R. David Denenberg's Objections and Response in Opposition to Defendant Tour Partners, Ltd.'s Motion to Consolidate
k ler - filed on 07/10/2014; 7 pages Image No. 61519437 Supplement to Plaintiff's Response to Defendant, Tour Partners, Ltd.'s,
tC Motion for Judicial Review of Documentation or Instrument Purporting to Create a Lien, Claim or Interest in Real Property - filed on 07/10/2014; 3 pages
ric Image No. 61519438 Plaintiffs Ellington F Holdings LLC's and R. David Denenburg's Amended Objections and Response in Opposition to defendant Tour Partners, Ltd.'s Motion to Consolidate
ist - filed on 07/10/2014; 7 pages
lD Image No. 61519439 Exhibit 1 - filed on 07/10/2014; 61 pages Image No. 61519440 Exhibit 2 - filed on 07/10/2014; 7 pages
nie Image No. 61519441 Exhibit 3 - filed on 07/10/2014; 15 pages Image No. 61519442 Proposed Order - filed on 07/10/2014; 1 pages Da Image No. 61528236 Plaintiff's response to defendant, Tour Partners, LTD's motion for judicial review of documentation or instrument purporting to create a lien, claim or interest in real is property - filed on 07/10/2014; 8 pages hr
Image No. 61528242 Exhibit A - filed on 07/10/2014; 6 pages Image No. 61528243 Exhibit B - filed on 07/10/2014; 9 pages C
Image No. 61528244 Exhibit C - filed on 07/10/2014; 5 pages of
Image No. 61528245 Proposed order - filed on 07/10/2014; 1 pages e
Image No. 61528501 Plaintiff's response to defendant, Tour Partners, LTD's motion to consolidate - filed on 07/10/2014; 2 pages ffic
Image No. 61528504 Proposed order - filed on 07/10/2014; 1 pages yO
Image No. 60738990 Defendant Tour Partners, ltd.'s motion to consolidate - filed on 05/09/2014; 3 pages Image No. 60738991 Exhibit 1 - filed on 05/09/2014; 1 pages op
Image No. 60738992 Proposed order - filed on 05/09/2014; 2 pages C
Image No. 60741538 Defendant Tour Partners motion for judicial review of documentation or instrument purporting to create a lien, claim, or interest in real property - filed on 05/09/2014; 6 ial
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- filed on 05/09/2014; 4 pages Image No. 58939261 Defendants withdrawal of defendants amended motion to dismiss directed to plaintiffs first amended petition - filed on 12/24/2013 2 pages Image No. 58636392 Plaintiff's second amended petition - filed on 12/06/2013 8 pages Image No. 58636433 Plaintiff's second amended petition - filed on 12/06/2013 8 pages Image No. 586Image No. 62602 Plaintiff's Response to Tour Partners, Ltd.'s Amended Motion to Dismiss - filed on 12/06/2013 9 pages Image No. 58388466 Defendant's Amended Motion to Dismiss Directed to Plaintiff's First Amended Petition - filed on 11/21/2013 6 pages Image No. 57990831 Plaintiffs Response to Defendants Motion to Dismiss - filed on 10/25/2013
4 4 pages Image No. 58052445 Plaintiff's First Amended Petition - filed on 10/25/2013 7 pages Image No. 58052446 Exhibit E - filed on 10/25/2013 3 pages Image No. 57672083 Defendants Motion to Dismiss - filed on 10/07/2013 9 pages Image No. 57672084 Original Answer Subject to Motion to Dismiss - filed on 10/07/2013 4 pages
Please expedite this request as the appeal is currently pending. Mr. Cohen will pre-pay
k ler the estimated cost of the supplemental record immediately.
tC : Respectfully submitted,
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As required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.3 and 9.5(b), (d), (e), I certify that I have served this document on all other parties, which are listed below on July 29, 2015 as follows:
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6 EXHIBIT B FILE COPY
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 301 Fannin, Suite 245 Houston, Texas 77002 Thursday, August 13, 2015
RE: Case No. 14-15-00392-CV
Style: Jay Cohen v. Tours Partners, Ltd. and Preston Realty Corporation
Please be advised that on this day the Court GRANTED APPELLANT’S motion to supplement the record in the above cause.
T. C. Case # 2013-41051 Christopher Prine, Clerk
Harris County, District Clerk, Civil Division Harris County District Clerk - Civil 201 Caroline, Ste 420 Houston, TX 77002 DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 301 Fannin, Suite 245 Houston, Texas 77002 Thursday, August 13, 2015
Style: Jay Cohen v. Tours Partners, Ltd. and Preston Realty Corporation
Please be advised that on this day the Court GRANTED APPELLANT’S motion to supplement the record in the above cause.
Harris County, District Clerk, Civil Division Harris County District Clerk - Civil 201 Caroline, Ste 420 Houston, TX 77002 DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL Exhibit 4 CertifiedDocumentNumber:63124687-Page1of5
Exhibit 5 7A Pgs-5 CertifiedDocumentNumber:63124687-Page2of5 CertifiedDocumentNumber:63124687-Page3of5 CertifiedDocumentNumber:63124687-Page4of5 CertifiedDocumentNumber:63124687-Page5of5 I, Chris Daniel, District Clerk of Harris County, Texas certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original record filed and or recorded in my office, electronically or hard copy, as it appears on this date. Witness my official hand and seal of office this March 30, 2015
Certified Document Number: 63124687 Total Pages: 5
Chris Daniel, DISTRICT CLERK HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
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George, would you at least give us the professional courtesy of a response? Thank you.
Walter Cicack (713) 658‐9003 (direct)
From: Sam Haren Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 11:02 AM To: Walter Cicack ; George May Subject: RE: Status of Appeal
George,
After the expiration of last Friday’s deadline, Walter asked me to touch base with you regarding your appeal. Do you still intend to go forward with Cohen’s remaining case?
Thanks,
Sam
From: Walter Cicack Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:24 AM To: George May Cc: Sam Haren Subject: Status of Appeal
George, it appears that you decided not to file a brief in the appeal of Judge’s Hinde’s judgment despite the fact that you said you were going to do so and instructed me to inform the court of appeals that you were going to do so. I will not even ask you what you intend to do in the other appeal since I cannot rely on your answer. But I do have a simple question‐‐ do you oppose our motion asking for leave to allow us to file our brief after you file your brief? As you know, if Cohen does not pursue the appeal, our appeal point is moot and briefing would not be required. Please let me know your position on this by 3 pm tomorrow. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.
Walter J. Cicack Partner
2118 Smith Street | Houston, TX 77002 tel (713) 658-9003 | mobile (713) 299-2127 fax (713) 658-9011
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2 Sam Haren From: Walter Cicack Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:24 AM To: George May Cc: Sam Haren Subject: Status of Appeal
George, it appears that you decided not to file a brief in the appeal of Judge’s Hinde’s judgment despite the fact that you said you were going to do so and instructed me to inform the court of appeals that you were going to do so. I will not even ask you what you intend to do in the other appeal since I cannot rely on your answer. But I do have a simple question‐‐ do you oppose our motion asking for leave to allow us to file our brief after you file your brief? As you know, if Cohen does not pursue the appeal, our appeal point is moot and briefing would not be required. Please let me know your position on this by 3 pm tomorrow. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.
2118 Smith Street | Houston, TX 77002 tel (713) 658-9003 | mobile (713) 299-2127 fax (713) 658-9011
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1 ACCEPTED 14-15-00392-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/8/2015 4:55:58 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
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