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COURT OF APPEALS
CATHERINE STONE                   FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT                   KEITH E. HOTTLE
  CHIEF JUSTICE                     CADENA-REEVES JUSTICE CENTER                     CLERK OF COURT
KAREN ANGELINI                         300 DOLOROSA, SUITE 3200
SANDEE BRYAN MARION                  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205-3037
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REBECA C. MARTINEZ                                                                        (210) 335-2635
PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ
LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA                                                                    FACSIMILE NO.
  JUSTICES                                                                             (210) 335-2762

                                         August 29, 2014

         Daniel O. Kustoff                               Lorien Whyte
         4103 Parkdale Street                            6223 IH 10 West
         San Antonio, TX 78229                           San Antonio, TX 78201
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         Barry Snell                                     Melanie H. Phipps
         8626 Tesoro Drive, Suite 500                    4103 Parkdale Street
         San Antonio, TX 78217-6233                      San Antonio, TX 78229
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         RE: Court of Appeals Number: 04-14-00452-CV, 04-14-00568-CV, 04-14-
         00597-CV
               Trial Court Case Number:    2014-CI-04333, 2014-CI-04330, 2014-CI-
         04337
               Style: Mark Hart and Angelica Hart
                      v.
                      Flagship Homes, Ltd. d/b/a/ Prestige Homes

                       Julian Calderas, Jr. and Erica Calderas
                       v.
                       Flagship Homes, Ltd. d/b/a Prestige Homes

                       Thomas H. Veitch and Anne Veitch
                       v.
                       Flagship Homes, Ltd. d/b/a Prestige Homes

                 Enclosed please find the order which the Honorable Court of Appeals has
         issued in reference to the above styled and numbered cause.

                If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

                                                              Very truly yours,
                                                              KEITH E. HOTTLE, CLERK

                                                             _____________________________
                                                             Elizabeth Montoya
                                                             Deputy Clerk, Ext. 53857

         cc: Yvonne O'Bar (DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL)
         Donna Kay McKinney (DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL)
         Fourth Court of Appeals
                San Antonio, Texas
                     August 29, 2014

                   No. 04-14-00452-CV

             Mark HART and Angelica Hart,
                     Appellants

                            v.

   FLAGSHIP HOMES, LTD. d/b/a/ Prestige Homes,
                Appellee

From the 288th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
             Trial Court No. 2014-CI-04333
      Honorable Martha B. Tanner, Judge Presiding

                   No. 04-14-00568-CV

        Julian CALDERAS, Jr. and Erica Calderas,
                     Appellants

                            v.

    FLAGSHIP HOMES, LTD. d/b/a Prestige Homes,
                 Appellee

From the 224th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
           Trial Court No. 2014-CI-04330
       Honorable Martha B. Tanner, Judge Presiding

                   No. 04-14-00597-CV

          Thomas H. VEITCH and Anne Veitch,
                      Appellants

                            v.

   FLAGSHIP HOMES, LTD. d/b/a/ Prestige Homes,
                Appellee

From the 438th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
             Trial Court No. 2014-CI-04337
                          Honorable Martha B. Tanner, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER

        In Appeal Nos. 04-14-00452-CV, 04-14-00568-CV, and 04-14-00597-CV, Appellants
Mark and Angelica Hart; Julian and Erica Calderas; and Thomas and Anne Veitch have filed a
Joint Unopposed Motion to Consolidate Appeals, requesting that we consolidate Appeal Nos. 04-
14-00452-CV, 04-14-00568-CV, and 04-14-00597-CV. Appellants state that all three appeals
arise out of the same arbitration proceeding and address the same issues. According to
appellants, “[a]ll three underlying proceedings have always been treated by the parties, the trial
court, and the arbitrator as one proceeding,” and “[c]onsolidation of the appeals will foster
judicial economy and limit the amount of resources expended by the parties in these appeals.”
Therefore, we agree that in the interest of efficient administration, all three appeals should be
consolidated for purposes of briefing and argument. We GRANT appellants’ unopposed motion
to consolidate.

         We ORDER Nos. 04-14-00452-CV, 04-14-00568-CV, and 04-14-00597-CV
consolidated for purposes of briefing and argument on appeal. The parties must file motions,
briefs, and other pleadings as if the appeals were one but put all three appeal numbers in the style
of the case. However, a record must be filed in each appeal, and the record in each case will
remain separate. If supplementation of the record becomes necessary, the supplemental material
must be filed in the appeal to which it applies.

       The appellate record has been filed in Appeal Nos. 04-14-00452-CV and 04-14-00568-
CV. However, the reporter’s record has not yet been filed in Appeal No. 04-14-00597-CV.
Appellants note that the reporter’s record is the same in all three appeals. We therefore ORDER
the Clerk of this Court to copy the reporter’s record in Appeal No. 04-14-00452-CV, which is the
same as the one in Appeal No. 04-14-00568-CV, and place that copy in Appeal No. 04-14-
00597-CV.

        We further ORDER that all three appeals must be argued together in one brief, as in a
single appeal, and if oral argument is requested and granted, the total time limit for each side at
oral argument shall equal the ordinary time limit for a single appeal. This Court will dispose of
all appeals with the same judgment, opinion, and mandate.

       In their motion, appellants requested that upon consolidation, we impose a new briefing
deadline. Having granted appellants’ motion, we ORDER appellants to file their brief on or
before September 18, 2014.

                                                     ___________________________________
                                                     Karen Angelini, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 29th day of August, 2014.

                                                     ___________________________________
                                                     Keith E. Hottle
                                                     Clerk of Court