Alvin Allen Jr. v. Crown Pine Timber 1, LP ( 2020 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-20-00001-CV
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ALVIN ALLEN JR., Appellant
V.
CROWN PINE TIMBER 1, LP, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 253rd District Court
Liberty County, Texas
Trial Cause No. CV1813827
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Alvin Allen, Jr. petitioned this Court to allow a permissive appeal
of the trial court’s December 4, 2019 interlocutory order denying Crown Pipe
Timber 1, LP’s motion for partial summary judgment. 1 Crown Pine Timber 1, LP
filed a response.
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See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d) (Supp.); see also Tex.
R. App. P. 28.3.
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To perfect a permissive appeal from an interlocutory order that is not
otherwise appealable, the appellant, when in the trial court, must establish “(1) the
order to be appealed involves a controlling question of law as to which there is a
substantial ground for difference of opinion[,] and (2) an immediate appeal from the
order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation.” 2 After
reviewing the petition and the response, we conclude that Allen’s petition for
permissive appeal fails to establish the grounds necessary to support a ruling
granting his request.3 For that reason, we deny Allen’s petition for a permissive
appeal. 4
PETITION DENIED
PER CURIAM
Submitted on April 1, 2020
Opinion Delivered April 2, 2020
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
2
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d).
3
See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(e)(4).
4
Gulf Coast Asphalt Co., L.L.C. v. Lloyd, 457 S.W.3d 539, 543 (Tex. App.—
Houston [14th Dist.] 2015, no pet.).
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