Opinion
No. 05-15-00441-CV
05-07-2015
H. JONATHAN COOKE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ESCROW PARTNERS DALLAS, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS DALLAS, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS AUSTIN, GP, INC.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, L.P.; ESCROW PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO, GP, INC.; TITLE PARTNERS, L.L.P.; NORTH AMERICAN MANAGEMENT, L.L.P.; TJ PARTNERS I, LLC; AND TJ PARTNERS II, LLC, Appellant v. ROBERT C. KARLSENG; KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; ASHLEY BRIGHAM PATTEN; PATTEN & KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; JACQUES YVES LEBLANC; AND LEBLANC, PATTEN AND KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C., Appellees
On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 06-02873-L
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart
Opinion by Justice Stoddart
H. Jonathan Cooke, individually and on behalf of several partnerships, has filed a petition for permissive appeal from two interlocutory summary judgment orders in favor of appellees. Permissive appeals are authorized under section 51.014(d) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d) (West 2015). Applicable to suits filed on or after September 1, 2011, this section provides an exception to the general rule that interlocutory orders are not immediately appealable. See Act of May 25, 2011, 82d Leg., ch. 203, §§ 3.01, 6.01—.02, 2011 Tex. Gen. Laws 758, 759, 760 (current version at TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d)); TEX. R. APP. P. 28.3 cmt.; CMH Homes v. Perez, 340 S.W.3d 444, 447 (Tex. 2011). The underlying suit here was filed in March 2006. At that time, section 51.014(d) authorized appeals from otherwise unappealable interlocutory orders where, among other requirements, the parties agreed to the appeal. See Act of May 27, 2005, 79th Leg., R.S., ch. 1051, § 1, 2005 Tex. Gen. Laws 3512, 3513 (amended 2011). Appellees note in their response to Cooke's petition that they did not agree to the appeal. Cooke has filed no reply disputing this assertion, and a review of the record before us confirms no agreement exists. Accordingly, because appellees did not agree to the appeal and the section authorizing permissive appeals is inapplicable, we deny the petition and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/s/_________
CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE
150441F.P05
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 06-02873-L.
Opinion delivered by Justice Stoddart. Chief Justice Wright and Justice Lang-Miers participating.
In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
We ORDER appellees Robert C. Karlseng; Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Ashley Brigham Patten; Patten & Karlseng Law Firm, P.C.; Jacques Yves LeBlanc; and LeBlanc, Patten and Karlseng Law Firm, P.C. recover their costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant H. Jonathan Cooke, individually and on behalf of Escrow Partners Dallas, L.P.; Escrow Partners Dallas, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Houston, L.P.; Escrow Partners Houston, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners Austin, L.P.; Escrow Partners Austin, GP, Inc.; Escrow Partners San Antonio, L.P.; Escrow Partners San Antonio, GP, Inc.; Title Partners, L.L.P.; North American Management, L.L.P.; TJ Partners I, LLC; and TJ Partners II, LLC.