Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown, in Her Capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance v. Texas Land Title Association
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Opinion
ACCEPTED 15-25-00107-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/7/2026 8:12 AM No. 15-25-00107-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN In the Fifteenth District Court of Appeals, Austin, TexasOF APPEALS 15th COURT AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/7/2026 8:12:54 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND CASSIE BROWN, IN HERClerk CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, Appellants, V.
TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION, Appellee.
On Appeal from the 345th District Court of Travis County, Texas The Honorable Daniella DeSeta Lyttle, Presiding
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS THE APPEAL
KEN PAXTON ROSALIND L. HUNT Attorney General of Texas State Bar No. 24067108 Assistant Attorney Generals BRENT WEBSTER Administrative Law Division First Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station RALPH MOLINA Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Deputy First Assistant Attorney Telephone: (512) 475-4166 General Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 AUSTIN KINGHORN Rosalind.Hunt@oag.texas.gov Deputy Attorney General for Civil ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS Litigation TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND COMMISSIONER CASSIE BROWN ERNEST C. GARCIA Chief, Administrative Law Division UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS THE APPEAL
Appellants, the Texas Department of Insurance and Commissioner
Cassie Brown (collectively TDI), file this unopposed motion to dismiss the
appeal pursuant to Rule 42.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Appellants filed this accelerated appeal on June 20, 2025, to appeal
two orders of Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle, sitting in the 261st Judicial
District Court, Travis County, Texas, cause number D-1-GN-25-001663.
Appellee Texas Land Title Association’s (TLTA) brief is due to this Court
on January 9, 2026. However, on December 23, 2025, Appellee TLTA
nonsuited the underlying district court case. See attached Notice of
Nonsuit. TLTA submitted a proposed order of nonsuit to the district court
on the same day, and the parties anticipate the underlying case will be
dismissed shortly. TDI believes the nonsuit moots the controversy in this
appeal and now requests that the Court dismiss the appeal. TLTA is not
opposed to this motion.
PRAYER
Appellant TDI respectfully asks the Court to grant this Unopposed
Motion to Dismiss the Appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas Page 2 of 4 BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General
RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General
AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation
ERNEST C. GARCIA Chief, Administrative Law Division
/s/Rosalind L. Hunt ROSALIND L. HUNT State Bar No. 24067108 Assistant Attorney Generals Administrative Law Division Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 475-4166 Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 Rosalind.Hunt@oag.texas.gov ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND COMMISSIONER CASSIE BROWN
Page 3 of 4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that on December 22–23, 2025, the undersigned counsel for Appellants conferred with counsel for Appellee and Appellee is not opposed to the filing of this motion.
/s/ Rosalind L. Hunt______________ ROSALIND L. HUNT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served the attorneys of record via e-service and/or electronic transmission on January 7, 2026.
/s/ Rosalind L. Hunt_____________ ROSALIND L. HUNT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS
Page 4 of 4 12/23/2025 4:21 PM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-25-001663 D-1-GN-25-001663 Stefany Vega juarez
TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF § Plaintiff, § § v. § § § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF § INSURANCE and CASSIE BROWN, IN § HER CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER § OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF § INSURANCE § § Defendants. § 345th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF NONSUIT
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
NOW COMES, Texas Land Title Association, Plaintiff in the above captioned matter, and
files this Notice of Nonsuit as to Defendants Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown,
in her capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance and would respectfully
show the Court as follows:
I.
Plaintiff, Texas Land Title Association, no longer wishes to pursue its claims against
Defendants Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown, in her capacity as Commissioner
of the Texas Department of Insurance. Plaintiff respectfully requests that an Order be entered
dismissing all claims which were asserted against Defendants Texas Department of Insurance and
Cassie Brown, in her capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance in this
lawsuit.
Notice of Nonsuit Page 1 WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Plaintiff Texas Land Title Association
respectfully prays that the Court enter an Order dismissing all claims which were asserted against
Defendants Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown, in her capacity as Commissioner
of the Texas Department of Insurance and for all other relief to which it may show itself justly
entitled. Plaintiff further moves that costs of court be assessed against the party incurring same,
and each party will bear their own attorneys’ fees.
By /s/ Ray Chester Ray C. Chester State Bar No. 04189065 Andrew M. Edge State Bar No. 24071446 McGinnis Lochridge LLP 1111 W. 6th Street, Bldg. B, Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 495-6000 (512) 495-6093 (Fax) rchester@mcginnislaw.com aedge@mcginnislaw.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
By my signature below, I hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Nonsuit was served on all parties and counsel of record through the Texas E-filing System service on this the 23rd day of December, 2025.
/s/ Ray Chester Ray Chester
Notice of Nonsuit Page 2 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Kim McBride on behalf of Ray Chester Bar No. 04189065 kmcbride@mcginnislaw.com Envelope ID: 109428021 Filing Code Description: FINAL OR PARTIAL DISPOSITION ORDER Filing Description: PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF NONSUIT Status as of 12/31/2025 12:22 PM CST
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Andrew MEdge aedge@mcginnislaw.com 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
Ray Chester rchester@mcginnislaw.com 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
Kim McBride kmcbride@mcginnislaw.com 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Rosalind Hunt rosalind.hunt@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
Jennifer Foster Jennifer.Foster@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
Meridith Fischer Meridith.Fischer@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM SENT
James Z.Brazell james.brazell@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 4:21:05 PM ERROR Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
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