Blakenergy, Ltd., a Texas Limited Partnership v. Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC ( 2014 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-14-00241-CV
BLAKENERGY, LTD., A TEXAS APPELLANT
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
V.
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY APPELLEE
COMPANY, LLC
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FROM THE 97TH DISTRICT COURT OF CLAY COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 2012-0033C-CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
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Blakenergy, Ltd., a Texas Limited Partnership, has filed a petition for
permissive appeal asking this court to review interlocutory orders of the trial court
regarding Blakenergy’s expert witness Steve D. Goolsby and the related denials
of Blakenergy’s motion for continuance and motion to reconsider. We have
1
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
considered the petition, response, and reply. Given the requirement that we
construe section 51.014 strictly, 2 we decline to entertain this appeal, and we
hereby dismiss it. 3
PER CURIAM
PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and GABRIEL, JJ.
DELIVERED: September 25, 2014
2
See Rogers v. Orr, 408 S.W.3d 640, 642 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2013,
pet. denied) (“We strictly construe a statute authorizing an interlocutory appeal
because it is an exception to the general rule that only final judgments are
appealable.”).
3
See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d)–(f) (West Supp.
2014); Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).
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