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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2015 12:35:15 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk No. 03-15-00248-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 7/21/2015 12:35:15 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-15-00248-CV *1 ACCEPTED [6155174] CLERK I N T HE C OURT OF A PPEALS F OR T HE T HIRD ISTRICT OF T EXAS A T A USTIN
B RIGHAM E XPLORATION C OMPANY , B EN M. B RIGHAM , AVID T. B RIGHAM , H AROLD D. C ARTER , S TEPHEN P. EYNOLDS , S TEPHEN C. H URLEY , H OBART A. S MITH , S COTT W. T INKER , S TATOIL A SA AND F ARGO A CQUISITION I NC ., Appellants , V . AYMOND B OYTIM ET AL ., I NDIVIDUALLY AND ON EHALF OF O THERS IMILARLY S ITUATED ,
Appellees . On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. D-1-GN-11-003205 U NOPPOSED M OTION FOR E XTENSION OF T IME TO ILE A PPELLANTS ’ RIEF O T H ONORABLE C OURT OF A PPEALS :
Appellants, Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc., respectfully file this unopposed first motion for a 30-day extension of time to file their appellants’ brief.
1. The present deadline for filing the brief is July 29, 2015. 2. Appellants seek a 30-day extension, until August 28, 2015, in which to file their brief.
3. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension of time to file their brief.
4. This motion is unopposed.
5. The following grounds provide “good cause” for extending the time to file the brief. Lead appellate counsel, Russell Post, has been and continues to be
engaged in other litigation with imminent deadlines that will prevent him from
completing the brief before the present deadline, including, but not limited to, the
following:
Preparation of respondents’ brief on the merits in No. 14-0804 ; In re Seneca Resources Corporation ; In the Texas Supreme Court. The merits brief was filed on July 20, 2015.
Preparation of respondents’ brief on the merits in No. 15-0146; Doris Forte, O.D., et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated ; In the Texas Supreme Court. The merits brief is due to be filed on or before July 27, 2015, after one extension.
Preparation of petitioner’s brief in No. 15-60326; Chesapeake Energy Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board ; In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The brief is due to be filed or before July 27, 2015.
Assistance with preparation of reply brief in No. 05-14-01383-CV; Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., et al. v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ; In the Fifth Court of Appeals. The reply brief is due to be filed on or before August 19, 2015.
In addition, Mr. Post is traveling out of the country from July 11– 23, 2015 for a pre-planned family vacation.
6. This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, but to allow counsel adequate time to prepare the brief.
For these reasons, Appellants Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc.
respectfully request an extension of time to file their brief, until August 28, 2015.
Respectfully submitted, ECK EDDEN By: /s/ State Bar No. 00797258 rpost@beckredden.com Fields Alexander State Bar No. 00783528 falexander@beckredden.com Parth S. Gejji State Bar No. 24087575 pgejji@beckredden.com 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010-2010 (713) 951-3720 (Fax) ECK EDDEN Christopher R. Cowan State Bar No. 24084975 ccowan@beckredden.com 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 708-1002 (Fax) A TTORNEYS FOR A PPELLANTS TATOIL ASA AND ARGO A CQUISITION I NC . *4 C ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE I certify that my office conferred with, Steve Jodlowski, counsel for Appellees, and with Debora B. Alsup, counsel for Brigham Exploration Company
and Individual Appellants, regarding this motion, and they do not oppose the
requested extension.
/s/ C ERTIFICATE OF ERVICE In accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I hereby certify that on July 21, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing motion
was properly forwarded to all counsel of record, by e-file and/or email, addressed
as follows:
Class Counsel for Appellees OBBINS G ELLER UDMAN R OBBINS G ELLER R UDMAN OWD OWD Darren J. Robbins Samuel H. Rudman
Randall J. Baron Mark S. Reich
David T. Wissbroecker Michael G. Capeci
Steven M. Jodlowski 58 South Service Road, Suite 200
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 Melville, NY 11747
San Diego, CA 92101-3301 srudman@rgrdlaw.com
randyb@rgrdlaw.com mreich@rgrdlaw.com
dwissbroecker@rgrdlaw.com mcapei@rgrdlaw.com
sjodlowski@rgrdlaw.com
Liaison Counsel for Appellees B OULETTE & G OLDEN LLP
Michael D. Marin
Texas State Bar No. 00791174
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 530
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 732-8924
(512) 732-8905 fax
mmarin@boulettegolden.com
Additional Counsel for Appellees K ENDALL L AW G ROUP , RISCOE L AW IRM , PLLC
Joe Kendall Willie C. Briscoe
Daniel Hill The Preston Commons
Jamie J. McKey 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1575
3232 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700 Dallas, Texas 75206
Dallas, Texas 75204 (214) 239-4568
(214) 744-3000 (281) 254-7789 fax
(214) 744-3015 fax wbriscoe@thebriscoelawfirm.com
jkendall@kendalllawgroup.com
dhill@kendalllawgroup.com
jmckey@kendalllawgroup.com UNNAM & UNNAM L.L.P. RODSKY & S MITH LLC
Hamilton P. Lindley Evan J. Smith
4125 W. Waco Drive (76710) Marc L. Ackerman
P.O. Box 8418 Two Bala Plaza, Suite 602
Waco, Texas 76714 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
(254) 753-6437 (610) 667-6200
(254) 753-7434 fax (610) 667-9029 fax
hlindley@ dunnamlaw.com esmith@brodsky-smith.com
mackerman@brodsky-smith.com L EVI K ORSINSKY K OHN WIFT G RAF P.C.
Shane T. Rowley Denis F. Sheils
30 Broad St., 24th Floor One South Broad Street, Suite 2100
New York, NY 10004 Philadelphia, PA 19107-3389
srowley@zlk.com dsheils@kohnswift.com
T HE W EISER L AW F IRM P.C. YAN & M ANISKAS LLP
Patricia C. Weiser Katharine M. Ryan
James M. Ficaro Richard A. Maniskas
22 Cassatt Avenue 995 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 311
Berwyn, PA 19312 Wayne, PA 19087
(610) 225-2677 (484) 588-5516
(610) 408-8062 fax (484) 450-2582 fax
pw@weiserlawfirm.com kryan@rmclasslaw.com
jmf@weiserlawfirm.com rmaniskas@rmclasslaw.com
T EDDELL IRM PLLC
Kelly N. Reddell
100 Highland Park Village, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75025
(214) 295-3031
kelly@reddell-law.com
Counsel for Brigham Exploration Company and Individual Appellants HOMPSON K NIGHT T HOMPSON K NIGHT Timothy R. McCormick Debora B. Alsup
Michael W. Stockham Thompson & Knight LLP
Mackenzie Wallace 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 1900
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78701
Dallas, Texas 75201 debora.alsup@tklaw.com
timothy.mccormick@tklaw.com
michael.stockham@tklaw.com
mackenzie.wallace@tklaw.com
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