ACCEPTED FILED 05-15-00033-CV DALLAS COUNTY Bridgette Vation 05-15-00033-CV FIFTH COURT11:50:37 1/12/2015 OF APPEALS DALLAS, AM TEXAS FELICIA PITRE 1/13/2015 2:23:23 DISTRICT PM CLERK LISA MATZ CLERK CAUSE NO. DC-14-01521 ROBERT GRODEN, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT RECEIVED IN Plaintiff, § 5th COURT OF APPEALS § DALLAS, TEXAS vs. § 1/13/2015 2:23:23 PM § LISA MATZ THE DALLAS COUNTY § DALLAS COUNTY, Clerk TEXAS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION d/b/a § THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSUEM AT § DEALEY PLAZA, NICOLA LONGFORD, § BRADLEY HAMILTON, VINCENT § GOLBECK, STEVE WARDEN, RAQUEL § HERNANDEZ, AND CARLA D. § NEWMAN § Defendants. § 95TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL TO THE HONORABLE COURT: Defendants, the City of Dallas, Vincent Golbeck, Stephen Worden, Raquel Hernandez, and Carla D. Newman give notice of their intent to appeal from the trial court’s ord er of Decem ber 24, 2014, d enying Defend ants’ m otion to d ism iss and pleas to the jurisd iction in the above-styled and num bered proceed ing. This interlocutory appeal is taken to the Fifth Court of Appeals.

The appeal from the denial of the plea to the jurisdiction is an accelerated appeal of an interlocutory order granting or denying a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a)(8); Tex. R. App. P. 28.1. This appeal stays all other proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of the appeal because the plea was filed and requested for hearing not later than the 180th day after the date the Defendant filed the original answer. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(b), (c).

Notice of Accelerated Appeal Page 1 Respectfully submitted, WARREN M. S. ERNST Dallas City Attorney /s/Patricia M. De La Garza Patricia M. De La Garza Texas Bar No. 13897900 [email protected] Barbara E. Rosenberg Texas Bar No. 17267700 [email protected] Jason. G. Schuette Texas Bar No. 17827020 [email protected] Assistant City Attorneys City Attorney’s Office 1500 Marilla Street, Room 7D North Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 214-670-3519 Telecopier: 214-670-0622

Notice of Accelerated Appeal Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On this the 12th day of January, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel listed below in accordance with the provisions of Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure: D. Bradley Kizzia [email protected] Sarah B. Sparling [email protected] BROWN FOX KIZZIA & JOHNSON PLLC N. St. Paul Street, Suite 1320 Dallas, Texas 75201

Randy A. Nelson [email protected] D. Rockwell Bower [email protected] THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS, and IRONS, L.L.P. Plaza of the Americas N. Pearl Street, 25th Floor Dallas, Texas 75201-2832

/s/Patricia M. De La Garza PATRICIA M. DE LA GARZA

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