1 NO. 03

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- 00285

- CV

IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. AND AUDI OF AMERICA, INC., Appellants ,

v.

JOHN WALKER III, ET AL. Appellees

.

On Appeal from the 201st Judici al District Court, Travis County, Texas Honorable Amy Clark Meachum, Presiding Judge

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE
BRIEF OF THE BUDGET/WEITZ APPELL EES

_________________________________________________ Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38 ( d) and 10.5(b)

, Budget Leasing, Inc. d/b/a

Audi North Austin and Audi South Austin, Ricardo M. Weitz, Hi Tech Imports

North, LLC, Hi Tech Imports South, LLC, and Hi Tech Imports, LLC ( the

“Budget/Weitz Appellees”) ask this Court to extend the deadline fo r filing their

appellees ’ brief from July 31, 2015, through and until August 14, 2015 . In support

o f th is requested extension, they would show the follow ing :

1. The current deadline for filing the Budget/Weitz Appellees’ brief is

July 31, 2015. ACCEPTED 03-15-00285-CV 6147553 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2015 8:04:48 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2 2. The Budge t/Weitz Appellees request a 14

- day extension of time in which

to file their brief for the following reasons.

• Since July 1, 2015, the day Appellants filed their brief of appellants, t he undersigned , who has primary responsibility for preparing the Budget/ Weitz brief, has been required to devote considerable time and attention to Cause No. D

- 1

- GN

- 15

- 002641, Ovation Lending LLC et al. v. Finance Commission of Texas et al. , in the District Court of Travis County, a suit for declaratory and temporary injunctiv e relief to declare invalid an administrative rule.

• T he undersigned will be on vacation in Wyoming from July 24,
2015

, to August 3, 2015.

• T his Court has granted a 14

- day extension of time for Appellees O’Malley

, Wilkov , and Walker to file their brie f s

. Granting the Budget/Weitz Appellees ’ requested 14

- day extension will maintain a uniform deadline for the filing of the appellees’ briefs and for the filing of Appellants ’ reply brief , if

any

.

4

. This is the Budget/Weitz Appellees ’ first request for an extension to file

their brief

.

5. This cause has not been set for submission to a panel of this Court

.

6. The other a ppell ee s do not oppose the granting of this motion for

extension

. Howev er, Appellan t s oppose the extension request

— despite that fact that

none of the appellees opposed Appellants’ motion to extend the time to file their brief of

appellants.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Budget/Weitz Appellees pray

that this Court grant their moti on for an extension of time in which to file their appellees’3 brief and extend the deadline for filing the brief from July 31, 2015

, through and until

August 14, 2015

. The Budget/Weitz Appell ees also request such other and further relief

to which t he y ma y be entitled.

Respectfully submitted,

Wm. R. Crocker
State Bar No. 05091000 807 Brazos, Suite 1014 Austin, Texas 78767 Telephone: (512) 478

- 5611 Facsimile: (512) 474

- 2540 /s/ J. Bruce Bennett
J. Bruce Bennett State Bar No. 0214550 Leon V. Komkov
State Bar No.11670500 CARDWELL, HART & BENNETT, LLP 807 Brazos, Suite 1001 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 322

- 0011 Facsimile: (512) 322

- 0808 Email: jbb.chblaw@sbcglobal.net Email: lvk@longroadllc.com

Joseph W. Letzer
Tx. State Bar No. 24030763
Dent. M. Morton Tx. State Bar No. 24056645 BURR & FORMAN, LLP 420 20th Street N, Suite 3400 Birmingham, AL 35203

- 5210 Telephone: (205) 25 1

- 3000 Facsimile: (205) 458

- 5100 Email: jletzer@burr.com Email: dmorton@burr.com Attorneys for Intervenors/Appellees Ricardo M. Weitz, Hi Tech Imports, LLC, Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, and Hi Tech Imports South, LLC4 Email: crockerlaw@earthlink.net Attorney for Intervenor/Appellee Budget Leasing, Inc. d/b/a Audi North Austin and Audi South
Austin

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that on July 17, 2015, I conferred with counsel for Appelle es Walker, O’Malley, and Wilkov about the requested extension. Appellees Walker, O’Malley, and Wilkov do not oppose the granting of the relief sought. On July 17,
2015 , I also conferred with counsel for Appellants. Appellants are opposed to the granting of the relief sought.

/s/ J. Bruce Bennett
J. Bruce Bennett

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on July 21 , 2015, I used the Court's electronic case filing sy stem to file the foregoing document and to serve this document on the following persons:

Billy M. Donley Mark E. Smith BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP 1000 Louisiana, Suite 2000 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 646

- 1382 Fax: (713) 751

- 1717 bdonley@bakerlaw.com

me smith@bakerlaw.com

S. Shawn Stephens James P. Sullivan KING & SPALDING, LLP 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 751

- 3200 Fax: (713) 751

- 32905 Attorneys for Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Audi of America, Inc.

Kimberly Fuchs
T exas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Tel: (512) 475

- 4195 Fax: (512) 320

- 0167 kimberly.fuchs@texasattorneygeneral.gov Attorney for Appellees, the Hon. Michael J. O 'Malley
and the Hon. Penny A. Wilkov

Dennis McKinney Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Tel: (512) 475

- 4020 Fax: (512) 320

- 0167 dennis.mckinney@texasattorneygenreal.gov Attorney for Appellee, the Hon. John H. Walker

Thi s the 21 st day of July 2015.

/s/ J. Bruce Bennett
J. Bruce Bennett