St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Symphuel Anderson, Beverly Davis and Patricia Mays v. Merle Flakes, Eloise Square, Mary Jo Evans, Annie Katherine White, Ella Mae Rollins, Eddie Abney, Gwedolyn Brown, Mark Horton, David Pailin, Sr., Dee Patterson and Penny White

Opinion

Order Filed March 13, 2020

S

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-16-00671-CV

ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, SYMPHUEL ANDERSON, BEVERLY DAVIS AND PATRICIA MAYS, Appellants V.

MERLE FLAKES, ELOISE SQUARE, MARY JO EVANS, ANNIE KATHERINE WHITE, ELLA MAE ROLLINS, EDDIE ABNEY, GWEDOLYN BROWN, MARK HORTON, DAVID PAILIN, SR., DEE PATTERSON AND PENNY WHITE, Appellees

On Appeal from the 160th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. DC-15-04696

ORDER

Before Justices Schenck, Carlyle1, and Evans

This case has been remanded by the Texas Supreme Court and reinstated on this Court’s docket. St. John’s Miss. Bap. Church v. Flakes, No. 18-0513, 2020 WL 593694 (Tex. Feb. 7, 2020). We ORDER appellant to file, within TWENTY DAYS of the date of this order, an amended brief that may, but is not required to, supplement or amend its brief so that any argument regarding the ecclesiastical-

1 The Honorable Justice Cory L. Carlyle succeeded the Honorable Justice Douglas S. Lang, a member of the original panel on this appeal.

abstention doctrine is “properly presented,” with appropriate citations to “law and authorities” and to the clerk’s record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(i); id. 38.9; Flakes, 2020 WL 593694; Horton v. Stovall, 591 S.W.3d 567 (Tex. 2019). We further ORDER that, in the event appellants file an amended brief, appellees may, but are not required, to file an amended brief no later than TWENTY DAYS thereafter. If appellants fail to file an amended brief, the case will be submitted on appellants’ brief filed in this Court on February 21, 2017.

/David Evans/

DAVID EVANS

JUSTICE