Dismiss and Opinion Filed May 7 , 2015

. 

# S

In The 

## Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05

- 15

- 00441

- CV
H. JONATHAN COOKE, I NDIVIDUALLY 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.; TITL E 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, PATT EN 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

. T EX

. C IV

. P RAC

. & R EM

. C ODE A NN

. § 51.014(d) (West 2015). A pplicable to
suits filed on or after September 1, 2011, t his section provides an exception to the general rule
that interlocutory orders are not im mediately appealable. See Act of May 25, 2011, 82d Leg., ch.– 2

– 203, §§ 3.01, 6.01

— .02, 2011 Tex. Gen. Laws 758, 759 , 760 (current version at T EX

. C IV

. P RAC

.
& R EM

. C ODE A NN

. § 51.014(d)) ; T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 28.3 cmt.; CMH Homes v. Perez , 340 S.W.3d

444, 447 (T ex. 2011). The underlying suit here was filed in March 2006. At that time, section
51.014(d) authorized appeals from otherwise unappealable int erlocutory 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 ) . Ap pellees 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 befor e 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 T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 42.3( a )

.

150441F.P05 CRAIG STODDART JUSTICE– 3

– 

# S

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

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 PARTNE RS 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

No. 05

- 15

- 00441

- CV V.

ROBERT C. KARLSENG; KARLSENG LAW FIRM, P.C.; ASH LEY 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. 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 Patte n; 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 Part ners 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– 4

– Partners San Antonio, GP, Inc.; Title Partners, L.L.P.; Nor th American Management, L.L.P.; TJ Partners I, LLC; and TJ Partners II, LLC

.

Judgment entered this 7 th day of May, 2015.