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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, 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.
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).

                                                   CRAIG STODDART
                                                   JUSTICE

150441F.P05

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                                       S
                              Court of Appeals
                       Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                      JUDGMENT

H. JONATHAN COOKE, INDIVIDUALLY                    On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District
AND ON BEHALF OF ESCROW                            Court, Dallas County, Texas
PARTNERS DALLAS, L.P.; ESCROW                      Trial Court Cause No. 06-02873-L.
PARTNERS DALLAS, GP, INC.;                         Opinion delivered by Justice Stoddart. Chief
ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, L.P.;                     Justice Wright and Justice Lang-Miers
ESCROW PARTNERS HOUSTON, GP,                       participating.
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

       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.

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