The Cameron County Housing Finance Corporation and Texas Workforce Housing Coalition v. Williamson County, Sienna Municipal Utility No. 1, and Sienna Municipal Utility No. 2

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedOctober 30, 2025
Docket15-25-00186-CV
StatusPublished

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The Cameron County Housing Finance Corporation and Texas Workforce Housing Coalition v. Williamson County, Sienna Municipal Utility No. 1, and Sienna Municipal Utility No. 2, (Tex. Ct. App. 2025).

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-25-00788-CV 107476851 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/30/2025 11:31 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-25-00788-CV

FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

THE CAMERON COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY NO. 1, AND SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY NO. 2, Appellees.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 425TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 25-0488-C425

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

To the Honorable Court of Appeals:

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c), the undersigned

counsel hereby files their Notice of Appearance as Lead Appellate Counsel

on behalf of Appellees Williamson County, Sienna Municipal District No. 1

and Sienna Municipal District No. 2:

Thad D. Spalding State Bar No. 00791708 tspalding@dslawgroup.com

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL PAGE 1 Rick Thompson State Bar No. 00788537 rthompson@dpslawgroup.com DURHAM, PITTARD & SPALDING LLP PO Box 224626 Dallas, TX 75222 Telephone: (214) 946-8000 Facsimile: (214) 946-8433

Undersigned counsel for Appellees request that the Court direct its

clerk to note this appearance in the records it maintains with respect to this

case. Mr. David King, Mr. Jeffrey Hobbs, Mr. Mark Dietz and Mr. Douglas

Cornwell will be co-counsel on appeal and will remain Appellees’ lead trial

counsel.

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Thad D. Spalding Thad D. Spalding State Bar No. 00791708 tspalding@dpslawgroup.com Rick Thompson State Bar No. 00788537 rthompson@dpslawgroup.com DURHAM, PITTARD & SPALDING, LLP PO Box 224626 Dallas, TX 75222 (214) 946-8000 - Office (214) 946-8433 – Facsimile

David A. King State Bar No. 24083310 dking@abaustin.com

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL PAGE 2 Jeffrey J. Hobbs State Bar No. 24012837 jhobbs@abaustin.com Armbrust & Brown, PLLC 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1300 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 435-2300 – Office (512) 435-2360 – Facsimile

and

R. Mark Dietz State Bar No. 05857200 mdietz@lawdietz.com Douglas G. Cornwell State Bar No. 24009024 dcornwell@lawdietz.com Dietz & Jarrard, PC 106 Fannin Ave. East Round Rock, Texas 78664 (512) 244-9316 – Office

Counsel for Appellees

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL PAGE 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appearance has been served on the following party pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure on October 30, 2025:

Blake W. Stribling, bstribling@chasnoffstribling.com Daniel Lecavalier, dlecavalier@chasnoffstribling.com Julie Whitson, jwhitson@chasnoffstribling.com Chasnoff Stribling 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 150 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Attorneys for Appellant, The Cameron County Housing Finance Corporation

/s/ Thad D. Spalding Thad D. Spalding

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL PAGE 4 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.

Kelly Blackburn on behalf of Thad Spalding Bar No. 00791708 efile@dpslawgroup.com Envelope ID: 107476851 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: Notice of Appearance Status as of 10/31/2025 9:51 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jeffrey Hobbs 24012837 jhobbs@abaustin.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Douglas Cornwell 24009024 dcornwell@lawdietz.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

R. Mark Dietz 5857200 mdietz@lawdietz.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

David King 24083310 dking@abaustin.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Blake Stribling bstribling@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Kim Decker kdecker@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Rachel Feltner rfeltner@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Christopher Schluter cschluter@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Daniel Lecavalier dlecavalier@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Julie Whitson jwhitson@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Emily Mabry emabry@chasnoffstribling.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Rick Thompson rthompson@dpslawgroup.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Thad DSpalding tspalding@dpslawgroup.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

Kelly Blackburn efile@dpslawgroup.com 10/30/2025 11:31:04 AM SENT

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