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Marilyn Washington, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, City of San Antonio, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Erik Walsh, and Jennifer Herriot v. Associated Builders and Contractors of South Texas Inc. Texas Retailers Association, Association of Convenience Store Retailers, and South Texas Merchants Associations

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided March 4, 2020·No. 04-20-00004-CV·Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS

SANDEE BRYAN MARION FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT MICHAEL A. CRUZ, CHIEF JUSTICE CADENA-REEVES JUSTICE CENTER CLERK OF COURT REBECA C. MARTINEZ 300 DOLOROSA, SUITE 3200 PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205-3037 LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA WWW.TXCOURTS.GOV/4THCOA.ASPX TELEPHONE IRENE RIOS (210) 335-2635 BETH WATKINS LIZA A. RODRIGUEZ FACSIMILE NO. JUSTICES (210) 335-2762

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RE: Court of Appeals Number: 04-20-00004-CV Trial Court Case Number: 2019CI13921 Style: City of San Antonio, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Erik Walsh, City Manager of the City of San Antonio, Jennifer Herriot, Interim Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Marilyn Washington, and Texas Organizing Project Education Fund v. Associated Builders and Contractors of South Texas, Inc., American Staffing Association, BBM Online, LLC d/b/a BBM Staffing, The Burnett Companies Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal Med Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC, eEmployers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates, Inc. d/b/a Hawkins Personnel Group, LeadingEdge Personnel, Ltd., Staff Force, Inc. d/b/a Staff-Force Personnel Services, San Antonio Manufacturers Association, San Antonio Restaurant Association, Texas Retailers Association, Association of Convenience Store Retailers, South Texas Merchants Association, and The State of Texas

Enclosed please find the order which the Honorable Court of Appeals has issued in reference to the above styled and numbered cause.

If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours, MICHAEL A. CRUZ, CLERK OF COURT

Elizabeth Montoya Legal Assistant, Ext. 53857

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Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas

March 4, 2020

No. 04-20-00004-CV

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Erik Walsh, City Manager of the City of San Antonio, Jennifer Herriot, Interim Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Marilyn Washington, and Texas Organizing Project Education Fund,

Appellants

v.

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS OF SOUTH TEXAS, INC., American Staffing Association, BBM Online, LLC d/b/a BBM Staffing, The Burnett Companies Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal Med Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC, eEmployers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates, Inc. d/b/a Hawkins Personnel Group, LeadingEdge Personnel, Ltd., Staff Force, Inc. d/b/a Staff-Force Personnel Services, San Antonio Manufacturers Association, San Antonio Restaurant Association, Texas Retailers Association, Association of Convenience Store Retailers, South Texas Merchants Association, and The State of Texas, Appellees

From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2019CI13921 The Honorable Peter Sakai, Judge Presiding

ORDER

On January 24, 2020, appellees Associated Builders & Contractors of South Texas, Inc., American Staffing Association, The Burnett Companies Consolidated, Inc. d/b/a Burnett Specialists, Cardinal Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Cardinal Med Staffing, Choice Staffing, LLC, Employers Solutions, Inc., Hawkins Associates, Inc. d/b/a Hawkins Personnel Group, LeadingEdge Personnel Ltd., Staff Force, Inc. d/b/a Staff-Force Personnel Services, San Antonio Manufacturers Association, and San Antonio Restaurant Association (collectively, “appellees”) filed a partially opposed motion to abate this appeal pending final disposition of City of Austin, Texas, et al. v. Texas Association of Business, et al., case no. 19-0025 in the Supreme Court of Texas.

After consideration of appellees’ motion, the responses in opposition, and appellees’

reply, the motion is GRANTED. It is ORDERED that this appeal is ABATED until the Supreme Court of Texas either denies the petition for review or issues its opinion in City of Austin, Texas, et al. v. Texas Association of Business, et al., or until further order of this court.

Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 4th day of March, 2020.

MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court

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