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I N T HE C OURT OF A PPEALS

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On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas,

Trial Court Cause No. D-1

- GN -11 -003205



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T O T HE H ONORABLE C OURT OF A PPEALS :

Appellants, Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc., respectfully file this

unopposed first motion for a 30 -day extension of time to file their re ply brief.

1. The present deadline for filing the reply brief is December 14, 2015.

2. Appellants seek a 30 -day extension, until January 13, 2016, in which

to file their reply brief.

3. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension of time to file their

reply brief. ACCEPTED

03-15-00248-CV

8167092

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

12/9/2015 4:36:36 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK1768.004/571732 2

4. This motion is unopposed

.

5. The following grounds provide “good cause” for extending the time to

file the reply brief. Lead appellate counsel, Russell Post, has been and continues to

be engaged in other litigation with imminent deadlin es that will prevent him from

completing the reply brief before the present deadline, including, but not limited to,

the following:

 Participation in trial and subsequent post

- verdict briefing in No.

2013

- 61098; Scott D. Martin and SKM Partnership, Ltd. v.

Andrews Kurth LLP ; In the 234th Judicial District Court of Harris
County, Texas . The trial ended on November 9, 2015, and the

post

- verdict motions are set for hearing on December 14, 2015.

 Preparation for and presentation of oral argument in No. 09

- 15

- 002 48

- CV: Therold Palmer v. Newtron Beaumont, L.L.C. ; In the Ninth Court of Appeals. Oral argument was held on December 3,

2015, in Beaumont, Texas.

 Preparation of appellant’s brief in No. 14

- 15

- 00804

- CV; Travis Lomax, et al. v. Michels Corp

. ; In the Fourtee nth Court of Appeals.

The brief is due to be filed on or before December 14, 2015.

 Preparation of petitioners’ brief on the merits in No. 15

- 0396; Gary Aaronii, et al. v. Directory Distributing Associates, Inc., et

al. ; In the Texas Supreme Court. The me rits brief is due to be filed

on or before December 21, 2015.

 Preparation of brief of appellee in No. 13

- 15

- 00362

- CV; McAllen
Hospitals, L.P., et al. v. Mario Rodriguez, et al. ; In the Thirteenth Court of Appeals. The brief is due to be filed on or before

December 23, 2015, after one extension.

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. This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, but to allow counsel

adequate time to prepare the reply brief.1768.004/571732 3

For these reasons, Appellants Statoil ASA and Fargo Acquisition, Inc.

respectfull y request an ext ension of time to file their reply until January 13, 2016

.

Respectfully submitted,

B ECK R EDDEN LLP

By: /s/ Russell S. Post

Russell S. Post

State Bar No. 00797258 rpost@beckredden.com

Fields Alexander

State Bar No. 00783528

falexander @beckredden.c om
Parth S. Gejji

State Bar No. 24087575 pgejji @beckredden.com 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500

Houston, TX 77010

- 2010
(713) 951

- 3700
(713) 951

- 3720 (Fax)

B ECK R EDDEN LLP

Gretchen S. Sween

State Bar No. 24041996 gsween@beckredden.com Christopher R. Co wan
State Bar No. 24084975

ccowan@beckredden.com 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750

Austin , TX 78701
( 512 ) 708

- 1000
( 512 ) 708

- 1002 (Fax)

A TTORNEYS FOR A PPELLANTS

S TATOIL ASA AND

F ARGO A CQUISITION , I NC

.1768.004/571732 4 C ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE

I certif y that my office conferred with, Steve Jodlowski

, counsel for Appellees , and with Debora B. Alsup , counsel for Brigham Exploration Company and Individual Appellants, regarding this motion, and they do not oppose the requested extension.

/s/ Russell S. Post

Russell S. Post

C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE

In accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I hereby certify

that on December 9 , 201 5 , a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing motion was properly forwarded to all counsel of record , by e

- file an d/or email,

addressed as follows:

Class Counsel for App ellees

R OBBINS G ELLER R UDMAN

& D OWD LLP

Darren J. Robbins

Randall J. Baron

David T. Wissbroecker

Steven M. Jodlowski 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101

- 3301 randyb@rgrdlaw.com

dw issbroecker@rgrdlaw.com sjodlowski@rgrdlaw.com R OBBINS G ELLER R UDMAN

& D OWD LLP

Samuel H. Rudman

Mark S. Reich Michael G. Capeci

58 South Service Road, Suite 200

Melville, NY 11747 srudman@rgrdlaw.com mreich@rgrdlaw.com mcapei@rgrdlaw.com1768.004/571732 5 Liaison Co unsel for Appellees

B OULETTE & G OLDEN LLP

Michael D. Marin

Texas State Bar No. 00791174

2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 530

Austin, Texas 78746 mmarin@boulettegolden.com

Additional Counsel for Appellees

K ENDALL L AW G ROUP

, LLP

Joe Kendall

Daniel Hill

Jamie J . McKey 3232 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700

Dallas, Texas 75204 jkendall@kendalllawgroup.com dhill@kendalllawgroup.com jmckey@kendalllawgroup.com T HE B RISCOE L AW F IRM

, PLLC

Willie C. Briscoe

The Preston Commons 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1575

Dallas, T exas 75206

wbriscoe@thebriscoelawfirm.com

D UNNAM & D UNNAM L.L.P. Hamilton P. Lindley
4125 W. Waco Drive (76710)

P.O. Box 8418

Waco, Texas 76714 hlindley@ dunnamlaw.com B RODSKY & S MITH LLC

Evan J. Smith

Marc L. Ackerman

Two Bala Plaza, Suite 602 Bala Cy nwyd, Pennsylvania 19004 esmith@brodsky

- smith.com mackerman@brodsky

- smith.com

L EVI & K ORSINSKY LLP Shane T. Rowley

30 Broad St., 24th Floor

New York, NY 100 04 srowley@zlk.com K OHN

, S WIFT & G RAF

, P.C.

Denis F. Sheils

One South Broad Street, Suite 2100

Phi ladelphia, PA 19107

- 3389

dsheils@kohnswift.com1768.004/571732 6

T HE W EISER L AW F IRM

, P.C.

Patricia C. Weiser

James M. Ficaro

22 Cassatt Avenue
Berwyn, PA 19312 pw@weiserlawfirm.com jmf@weiserlawfirm.com R YAN & M ANISKAS

, LLP Katharine M. Ryan

Richard A. Maniskas

995 Old Ea gle School Road, Suite 311
Wayne, PA 19087 kryan@rmclasslaw.com

rmaniskas@rmclasslaw.com

T HE R EDDELL F IRM PLLC Kelly N. Reddell 100 Highland Park Village, Suite 200

Dallas, Texas 75025 kelly@reddell

- law.com

Counsel for Brigham Exploration Company and Individual Appellants

T HOMPSON & K NIGHT LLP Timothy R. McCormick

Michael W. Stockham

Mackenzie Wallace

1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500

Dallas, Texas 75201 timothy.mccormick@tklaw.com

michael.stockham@tklaw.com

m ackenzie. w allace@tklaw.com T HOMPSON & K NIGHT LLP Debora B. Alsup Thompson & Knight LLP

98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 1900

Austin, TX 78701 debora.alsup@tklaw.com

/s/ Russell S. Post

Russell S. Post