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
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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
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