RE: Harris County Court Case 202103816 ZM vs. SN10 Mar 2021 17:26
A new entry just in on the Harris County site - FRR are to appeal the motion to deny arbitration!!
DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL
Defendants Steve Nicandros, Luis Giusti, Tyler Nelson (collectively, "Individual Defendants") and Frontera Resources Corporation ("Nominal Defendant") provide this Notice of Accelerated Appeal (the "Notice") and respectfully show this Court the following:
1. Defendants and Nominal Defendant file this Notice of Appeal pursuant to the TEx. R. APP. P. 25.1, 26.1, and 28.1.
2. The Trial Court is the 281' Judicial District Court, Judge Christine Weems presiding. The full style of the case is Cause Number 2021-03816, Zaza Mamulaishvili, Plaintiff v. Steve Nicandros, Luis Giusti and Tyler Nelson, Defendants, and Frontera Resources Corporation, Nominal Defendant.
3. Defendants and Nominal Defendant desire to appeal:
a. the Order Denying Defendants' and Nominal Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings, dated February 23, 2021 (Ex. 1).
4. This appeal will be taken to either the First Court of Appeals or the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, both in Houston, Texas.
5. The parties filing this Notice are Steve Nicandros, Luis Giusti, Tyler Nelson and Frontera Resources Corporation.
6. This is an accelerated appeal. This is not a parental termination or child protection case as defined in TEx. R. APP. P. 28.4.
7. This Notice will be served on all active parties in the Trial Court and, at the time of the filing the Notice, a copy of this Notice will be delivered to each court reporter responsible for preparing the reporter's record. TEx. R. APP. P. 25.1(e) and TEx. R. Civ. P. 21a. Defendants and Nominal Defendant will provide proof of service of same. TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(d).
DATED and FILED on the 9th day of March, 2021.
Respectfully submitted, DENTONS US LLP By: /s/ Laura Gibson Laura Gibson State Bar No. 07869350 laura.gibson@dentons.com Glenn A. Ballard, Jr. State Bar No. 01650200 glenn.ballard@dentons.com 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 1900 Houston, Texas 77010 Tel: 713-658-4635 Fax: 713-739-0834