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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/12/2015 1:06:21 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
*1 ACCEPTED 01-14-00370-cv FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/12/2015 1:06:21 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK NO.Ol-14-00370-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS REPUBLIC PETROLEUM, L.L.C. AND
REPUBLIC PETROLEUM PARTNERS, L.P. APPELLANTS V. DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. AND W&T OFFSHORE, INC. APPELLEES On Appeal from the 270th Judicial District Court Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Brent Gamble presiding Trial Court Cause No. 2010-80561 APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS' JOINT OBJECTION TO MEDIATION
KENNETH H. LABORDE Texas State Bar No. 11786070 klaborde@glllaw.com DANIEL G. RAUH Louisiana State Bar No. 27280 (PHV) drauh@glllaw.com CHARLOTTE A. FIELDS Texas State Bar No. 24032175 cfields@glllaw.com Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, 1177 West Loop South, Suite 750 Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone: (832) 255-6000 *2 Facsimile: (832) 255-6001 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEEI CROSS-APPELLANT DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. -AND- Bradley L. DeLuca Texas Bar No. 05653800 bdeluca@jdkglaw.com Brigid D. Ashcraft Texas Bar No. 09193167 bashcraft@jdkglaw.com JOHNSON DELuCA KURISKY & GOULD, P.C. 4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 652-2525 - Telephone (713) 652-5130 - Facsimile
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEEI
CROSS-APPELLANT W&T OFFSHORE INC., successor by merger of OFFSHORE
SHELF
TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS:
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Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. object to the referral to mediation of this case and file this objection pursuant to TEX. Crv. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 154.022(b). A reasonable basis exists to object to the referral as the case has been unsuccessfully mediated on three prior occasions-April 27, 2011, January 8, 2013, and November 26, 2013. Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. contend that a fourth mediation would not be productive and would instead impose unnecessary additional expense on the parties.
For these reasons, Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. respectfully request that their objection to the Court's Referral to Mediation be sustained, and for any other relief to which they may be justly entitled.
Texas State Bar No. 11786070 klaborde@glllaw.com
DANIEL G. RAUH
Louisiana State Bar No. 27280 (PHV) drauh@glllaw.com
CHARLOTTE A. FIELDS
Texas State Bar No. 24032175 cfields@glllaw.com Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, 1177 West Loop South, Suite 750 *4 Houston. Texas 77027 Telephone: (832) 255-6000 Facsimile: (832) 255-6001 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/ CROSS-APPELLANT DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. -AND- bzH14Ui~ · Bradley L. DeLu~ IMJ
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Texas Bar No. 05653800
bdeluca@jdkglaw.com ~T/r- Brigid D. Ashcraft Texas Bar No. 09193167 bashcraft@jdkglaw.com JOHNSON DELuCA KURISKY & GOULD, P.C. 4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 652-2525 - Telephone (713) 652-5130 - Facsimile
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/
CROSS-APPELLANT W&T OFFSHORE INC., successor by merger of OFFSHORE
SHELF
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
*5 I hereby certify that on the 1t h day of February, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on the following counsel of record via e-filing and e-mail in accordance with TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(e).
K. B. Battaglini John G. Bissell Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. 4900 Woodway Drive, Suite 1200 Houston, Texas 77056
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS REPUBLIC PETROLEUM, L.L.c. AND
REPUBLIC PETROLEUM PARTNERS, L.P.
Bradley L. DeLuca Brigid D. Ashcraft Johnson, DeLuca, Kurisky & Gould, P.C. 4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar Street, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE W&T OFFSHORE, INC.