COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 02-14-00147-CV

CITY OF ALEDO APPELLANT

V.

TODD C. BRENNAN AND VALERIE

S. SMITH, FRANK GALLISON AND

NANETTE GALLISON, REBECCA

HANLEY, GORDON HIEBERT AND

KIMBERLY HIEBERT, WILLIAM

HOOD AND LEONILA HOOD,

LAYNE KASPER AND JESSICA

KASPER, JAMES KITCHEN AND

MARTHA KITCHEN, SHAUN

KRETZSCHMAR AND NATALIE

KRETZSCHMAR, SCOTT

MITCHELL AND LESLIE

MITCHELL, EVAN PETERSON AND

GAYLE PETERSON, BRIAN

STAGNER AND AMY STAGNER,

STEVEN TOMHAVE AND JETTY

TOMHAVE, AND ROBERT WOOD

AND MARY FRANCES WOOD

APPELLEES

AND

NO. 02-14-00153-CV

TODD C. BRENNAN AND VALERIE

S. SMITH, FRANK GALLISON AND

NANETTE GALLISON, REBECCA

APPELLANTS

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HANLEY, GORDON HIEBERT AND

KIMBERLY HIEBERT, WILLIAM

HOOD AND LEONILA HOOD,

LAYNE KASPER AND JESSICA

KASPER, JAMES KITCHEN AND

MARTHA KITCHEN, SHAUN

KRETZSCHMAR AND NATALIE

KRETZSCHMAR, SCOTT

MITCHELL AND LESLIE

MITCHELL, EVAN PETERSON AND

GAYLE PETERSON, BRIAN

STAGNER AND AMY STAGNER,

STEVEN TOMHAVE AND JETTY

TOMHAVE, AND ROBERT WOOD

AND MARY FRANCES WOOD

V.

CITY OF WILLOW PARK, TEXAS,

PARKER COUNTY APPRAISAL

DISTRICT, PARKER COUNTY

APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD, CITY

OF ALEDO, TEXAS, AND LARRY

HAMMONDS IN HIS OFFICIAL

CAPACITY AS PARKER COUNTY

TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR

APPELLEES

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FROM THE 43RD DISTRICT COURT OF PARKER COUNTY

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ORDER

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We have considered the parties’ “Agreed Motion to Consolidate Appeals

and for Consolidated Briefing Schedule” in reference to the above causes.

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The motion is GRANTED. It is therefore ORDERED that appeal number

02-14-00147-CV (the summary-judgment appeal) is consolidated with appeal

number 02-14-00153-CV (the class-certification appeal) for the purposes of

briefing and oral argument, if any. Each appeal shall continue to bear its

respective case number.

It is further ORDERED that the clerk’s record and reporter’s record already

filed in the class-certification appeal will be used for both appeals.

Additionally, it is ORDERED that the opening brief for the Appellants in the

class-certification appeal (the Taxpayers) shall be filed no later than Monday,

June 30, 2014. The response brief by the Appellees in the class-certification

appeal (the Taxing Entities) shall be filed no later than Monday, August 4, 2014. 

The City of Aledo’s opening brief in the summary-judgment appeal and its

response to the Taxpayers’ opening brief in the class-certification appeal shall be

filed no later than Monday, August 4, 2014. The Taxpayers’ combined reply

brief in the class-certification appeal and response brief in the summaryjudgment appeal shall be filed no later than Monday, August 25, 2014. The City

of Aledo’s reply brief in the summary-judgment appeal shall be filed no later than

Monday, September 8, 2014. The Taxpayers’ and the City of Aledo’s total

aggregate word limits are increased to 37,000. See Tex. R. App. P. 9(i)(2)(B),

(i)(4).

The Taxpayers may be designated as “Appellants/Cross Appellees,” the

Taxing Entities may be designated as “Appellees,” and the City of Aledo may be

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designated as “Appellee/Cross Appellant.” However, the parties are encouraged

to use these designations only as absolutely necessary and to refer to the parties

by name or similar common-language reference.

The clerk of this court is directed to transmit a copy of this order to the

attorneys of record, the trial court clerk, and the court reporter.

DATED May 30, 2014.

PER CURIAM

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