the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas v. Zachry Construction Corporation ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED
14-10-00708-CV
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
7/16/2015 3:35:10 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 14-10-00708-CV
FILED IN
IN THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
14th COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS
7/16/2015 3:35:10 PM
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS Clerk
COUNTY, TEXAS
v.
ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
On appeal from the 151st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2006-72970
ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION’S UNOPPOSED MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE THUMB DRIVE CONTAINING HYPERLINKED
SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF OF APPELLEE
GIBBS & BRUNS, LLP REYNOLDS FRIZZELL, LLP
Robin C. Gibbs Brandon T. Allen
State Bar No. 0785300 State Bar No. 24009353
rgibbs@gibbsbruns.com ballen@reynoldsfrizzell.com
Jennifer Horan Greer 1100 Louisiana, Suite 3500
State Bar No. 00785611 Houston, Texas 77002
jgreer@gibbsbruns.com Phone: (713) 485-7200
Sydney G. Ballesteros Fax: (713) 485-7520
State Bar No. 24036180
sballesteros@gibbsbruns.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE
Michael R. Absmeier JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP
State Bar No. 24050195 Douglas W. Alexander
mabsmeier@gibbsbruns.com State Bar No. 00992350
Amanda B. Nathan dalexander@adtappellate.com
State Bar No. 00784662 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350
anathan@gibbsbruns.com Austin, Texas 78701-3562
1100 Louisiana, Suite 5300 Phone: (512) 482-9301
Houston, Texas 77002 Fax: (512) 482-9303
Phone: (713) 650-8805
Fax: (713) 750-0903
ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION’S UNOPPOSED MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE THUMB DRIVE CONTAINING HYPERLINKED
SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF OF APPELLEE
Appellee Zachry Construction Corporation files this Unopposed Motion for
Leave to File Thumb Drive Containing Hyperlinked Version of Supplemental
Brief of Appellee.
I.
Necessity for Leave to File Thumb Drive
On June 12, 2015, Zachry filed its post-remand Supplemental Brief of
Appellee. For the Court’s convenience, Zachry has created a thumb drive
containing a copy of the Supplemental Brief that is hyperlinked to the appellate
record and the legal authorities cited therein. The linked brief is enormous—1.5
MB—and thus too big to file electronically. Zachry therefore seeks leave to
submit the hyperlinked brief on a thumb drive. Zachry would also provide copies
of the hyperlinked brief to counsel for the Port of Houston Authority.
II.
Content of Hyperlinked Brief
The hyperlinked version of the Supplemental Brief is identical to the brief
originally filed, with the following exceptions:
1. The version on the thumb drive contains hyperlinks to the entire record and
all legal authorities, rather than just to the appendix.
2. Although the Supplemental Appellee’s brief contains four erroneous cites,
the version on the thumb drive links the erroneous cites to the correct cites as
shown below.
a. On page xxi, line 4, the citation to “Argument Part IV.D.” links to
“Argument Part III.D.”
b. On page xxi, line 11, the citation to “Argument Part IV.E.” links to
“Argument Part III.E.”
c. On page 12, the citation to “449 S.W.3d at 101, n.3(A3)” links to “449
S.W.3d at 102.”
d. On page 40, line 2, the citation to PX580 at 273, links to CR37:10572.
See Zachry Construction Corporation’s Notice of Incorrect Citation
(filed July 11, 2015).
III.
Prayer
Zachry requests leave to file a thumb drive containing the hyperlinked
version of its Supplemental Brief of Appellee described above. Zachry prays for
all other relief to which it is entitled.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Robin C. Gibbs
REYNOLDS FRIZZELL LLP GIBBS & BRUNS, L.L.P.
Brandon T. Allen Robin C. Gibbs
State Bar No. 24009353 State Bar No. 0785300
ballen@reynoldsfrizzell.com rgibbs@gibbsbruns.com
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3500 Jennifer Horan Greer
Houston, Texas 77002 State Bar No. 00785611
Phone: (713) 485-7200 jgreer@gibbsbruns.com
Fax: (713) 485-7520 Sydney G. Ballesteros
State Bar No. 24036180
ALEXANDER DUBOSE sballesteros@gibbsbruns.com
JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP Michael R. Absmeier
Douglas W. Alexander State Bar No. 24050195
State Bar No. 00992350 mabsmeier@gibbsbruns.com
dalexander@adtappellate.com Amanda B. Nathan
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 State Bar No. 00784662
Austin, Texas 78701-3562 anathan@gibbsbruns.com
Phone: (512) 482-9301 1100 Louisiana, Suite 5300
Fax: (512) 482-9303 Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 650-8805
Fax: (713) 750-0903
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE, ZACHRY
CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 16th day of June, 2015, a copy of the foregoing
instrument was served upon the following counsel by electronically filing with the
Clerk of Court using the TexFile electronic filing system which will send
notification of such filing to the following and via e-mail:
David E. Keltner Marie R. Yeates
State Bar No. 11249500 State Bar No. 22150700
david.keltner@kellyhart.com myeates@velaw.com
Marianne Auld Catherine B. Smith
State Bar No. 01429910 State Bar No. 03319970
marianne.auld@kellyhart.com csmith@velaw.com
KELLY HART & HALLMAN LLP VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
201 Main Street, Suite 2500 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Houston, Texas 77002
David H. Brown Michael A. Heidler
State Bar No. 03109200 State Bar No. 24059921
dbrown@bkllp.com mheidler@velaw.com
BROWN & KORNEGAY LLP VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 977 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77019 Austin, Texas 78746
Karen L.T. White Bill Sims
State Bar No. 20274500 State Bar No. 18429500
karen@kltwpc.com bsims@velaw.com
KAREN L.T. WHITE, P.C. VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 977 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77019 Dallas, Texas 75201
Attorneys for Respondent, The Port of
Houston Authority of Harris County,
Texas
Joe F. Canterbury, Jr. Michael Keeley
State Bar No. 03761000 State Bar No. 11157800
jcanterbury@canterburylaw.com michael.keeley@strasburger.com
CANTERBURY ELDER GOOCH STRASBURGER & PRICE, LLP
SURRATT SHAPIRO & STEIN 901 Main Street, Suite 4400
Occidental Tower Dallas, Texas 75202
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1000 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Zurich
Dallas, Texas 75244 Surety
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae
Associated General Contractors of
Texas, Inc.
/s/ Jennifer Horan Greer
Jennifer Horan Greer
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
I conferred with the Port’s counsel, Marie Yeates, on July 16, 2015, and was
informed that the Port does not oppose this motion.
/s/ Jennifer Horan Greer
Jennifer Horan Greer