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*1 FILED 14-0302 8/5/2015 2:45:03 PM tex-6369975 SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK No. 14-0302 I N T HE S UPREME C OURT OF T EXAS C HESAPEAKE E XPLORATION , L.L.C.
AND C HESAPEAKE O PERATING , I NC ., Petitioners , v.
M ARTHA R OWAN H YDER , I NDIVIDUALLY , AND AS I NDEPENDENT E XECUTRIX AND T RUSTEE UNDER THE W ILL OF E LTON M. H YDER , J R ., D ECEASED , AND AS T RUSTEE U NDER THE E LTON M. H YDER J R . R ESIDUARY T RUST , AND AS T RUSTEE OF THE E LTON M. H YDER J R . M ARITAL T RUST , E T AL ., Respondents . On Petition for Review from the Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio, Texas Court of Appeals No. 04-12-00769-CV N OTICE OF APPEARANCE OF A DDITIONAL C OUNSEL OF R ECORD T O THE H ONORABLE S UPREME C OURT OF T EXAS :
Please take notice that Deborah G. Hankinson and Rebecca Adams Cavner of the law firm of Hankinson LLP have been retained by Petitioners Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, Inc., in the above-captioned matter.
New appellate counsel’s contact information is as follows: Deborah G. Hankinson
State Bar No. 00000020
dhankinson@hankinsonlaw.com
State Bar No. 00874900
bcavner@hankinsonlaw.com
Hankinson LLP
750 North St. Paul St., Suite 1800
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.754.9190
214.754.9140 (fax)
Please note that Bart A. Rue, Matthew D. Stayton, and Joe Greenhill of the law firm of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP will remain as lead counsel for Petitioners in this appeal.
Respectfully submitted, /s/ Deborah G. Hankinson Bart A. Rue Deborah G. Hankinson State Bar No. 17380500 State Bar No. 00000020 bart.rue@kellyhart.com dhankinson@hankinsonlaw.com Matthew D. Stayton
State Bar No. 24033219 State Bar No. 00784900 matt.stayton@kellyhart.com bcavner@hankinsonlaw.com Hankinson LLP Joe Greenhill 750 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 1800
State Bar 24084523 Dallas, Texas 75201 joe.greenhill@kellyhart.com
Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP Telephone: (214) 754-9190 201 Main Street, Suite 2500 Telecopier: (214) 754-9140 Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Telephone: (817) 332-2500
Telecopier: (214) 878-9280 Counsel for Petitioners
C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing was served upon the following persons via electronic service on this 5th day of August, 2015: Michael A. Heidler Marie R. Yeates
mheidler@velaw.com myeates@velaw.com
Vinson & Elkins LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100 1001 Fannin street, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77002 Counsel for Amicus Curiae Counsel for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil & Gas Association Texas Oil & Gas Association *4 David J. Drez III Ken Slavin
david.drez@wickphillips.com kslavin@kempsmith.com Jeffrey W. Helberg, Jr. Kemp Smith LLP
jeff.hellberg@wickphillips.com 221 North Kansas, Suite 1700 Jacob T. Fain El Paso, Texas 79901
jacob.fain@wickphillips.com Counsel for Amicus Curiae Wick Phillips Gould & Martin, LLP The General Land Office 100 Throckmorton, Suite 500 Of the State of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Counsel for Respondents
Roger D. Townsend Dana Livingston
rtownsend@adjtlaw.com dlivingston@adjtlaw.com Robert B. Dubose Alexander Dubose Jefferson rdubose@adjtlaw.com & Townsend LLP
Alexander Dubose Jefferson 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 & Townsend LLP
1844 Harvard Street Counsel for Amicus Curiae Houston, Texas 77008 Wesley West Minerals, Ltd. and Counsel for Amicus Curiae Longfellow Ranch Partners, LP Wesley West Minerals, Ltd. and
Longfellow Ranch Partners LP
Hon. Raul A. Gonzalez John B. McFarland
rgonzalezlaw@aol.com jmcfarland@gdhm.com
10511 River Plantation Dr. Graves, Dougherty, Hearon Austin, Texas 78747 & Moody, P.C.
Counsel for Texas Land and 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2200 Mineral Owners Association and
National Association of Royalty Counsel for Texas Land and Owners-Texas, Inc. Mineral Owners Association and
National Association of Royalty Owners-Texas, Inc. /s/ Rebecca Adams Cavner