COURT OF APPEALS FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT KEITH E. HOTTLE CLERK SANDEE BRYAN MARION CADENA-REEVES JUSTICE CENTER OFCOURT CHIEF JUSTICE KAREN ANGELIN1 300 DOLOROSA, SUITE 3200 MARIALYN BARNARD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205-3037 WWW.TXCOURTS.GOV/4THCOA.ASPX TELEPHONE REBECA C. MARTINEZ (210)335-2635 PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ LUZELENA D.CHAPA FACSIMILE NO. JASON PULLIAM (210)335-2762 JUSTICES April 27,2015

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RE: Court of Appeals Number: 04-14-00527-CV Trial Court Case Number: DC-04-120 Style: Anna Maria Salinas Saenz, et al. v. Thorp Petroleum Corp., et al.

Dear Counsel:

Enclosed please find the order which the Honorable Court of Appeals has issued in reference to the above styled and numbered cause.

If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours, KEITH E. HOTTLE, CLERK

MargaretEi? Adams Legal Assistant, Fourth Court of Appeals 210.335.3854

cc: O. C. Hamilton, Jr. Manfred Stemberg Jr. Rolando Cantu James A. Porter Jose Luis Flores Daniel T. Robles jfourtf) Court of &ppeate gntomo, April 27,2015

No. 04-14-00527-CV

Anna Maria Salinas Saenz, et al., Appellants

v.

Thorp Petroleum Corp., et al., Appellees

Trial Court Case No. DC-04-120

ORDER The Court has reviewed the record and briefs in this appeal and has determined that oral argument will not significantly aid it in determining the legal and factual issues presented in the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8. Therefore, all requests for oral argument are denied, and the cause is advanced for ON BRIEFS submission on June 9, 2015, to the following panel: Justice Marialyn Barnard, Justice Patricia O. Alvarez, and Justice Jason Pulliam. All parties will be notified of the Court's decision in this appeal in accordance with Tex. R. App. P. 48.

Either party may file a motion requesting the Court to reconsider its determination that oral argument will not significantly aid the Court in determining the legal and factual issues presented in the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8. Such a motion should be filed within ten (10) days from the date of this order.

It is so ORDERED on April 27,2015.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Ixed the seal oj the said court on this April 27, 2015.

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