Dismiss and Opinion Filed May 7, 2015.

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In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-15-00441-CV

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. 
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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).

 

 

 

150441F.P05

CRAIG STODDART

JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals

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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 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

No. 05-15-00441-CV 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.

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 
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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.

Judgment entered this 7th day of May, 2015.