ACCEPTED 03-15-00285-CV 6147553 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2015 8:04:48 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK NO. 03-15-00285-CV FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2015 8:04:48 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. AND AUDI OF AMERICA, INC., Appellants, v. JOHN WALKER III, ET AL.

Appellees.

On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas Honorable Amy Clark Meachum, Presiding Judge

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF THE BUDGET/WEITZ APPELLEES _________________________________________________ Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38(d) and 10.5(b), Budget Leasing, Inc. d/b/a Audi North Austin and Audi South Austin, Ricardo M. Weitz, Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, Hi Tech Imports South, LLC, and Hi Tech Imports, LLC (the “Budget/Weitz Appellees”) ask this Court to extend the deadline for filing their appellees’ brief from July 31, 2015, through and until August 14, 2015. In support of this requested extension, they would show the following: 1. The current deadline for filing the Budget/Weitz Appellees’ brief is July 31, 2015.

2. The Budget/Weitz Appellees request a 14-day extension of time in which to file their brief for the following reasons.

• Since July 1, 2015, the day Appellants filed their brief of appellants, the undersigned, who has primary responsibility for preparing the Budget/Weitz brief, has been required to devote considerable time and attention to Cause No. D-1-GN-15- 002641, Ovation Lending LLC et al. v. Finance Commission of Texas et al., in the District Court of Travis County, a suit for declaratory and temporary injunctive relief to declare invalid an administrative rule.

• The undersigned will be on vacation in Wyoming from July 24, 2015, to August 3, 2015.

• This Court has granted a 14-day extension of time for Appellees O’Malley, Wilkov, and Walker to file their briefs.

Granting the Budget/Weitz Appellees’ requested 14-day extension will maintain a uniform deadline for the filing of the appellees’ briefs and for the filing of Appellants’ reply brief, if any.

4. This is the Budget/Weitz Appellees’ first request for an extension to file their brief.

5. This cause has not been set for submission to a panel of this Court.

6. The other appellees do not oppose the granting of this motion for extension. However, Appellants oppose the extension request — despite that fact that none of the appellees opposed Appellants’ motion to extend the time to file their brief of appellants.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Budget/Weitz Appellees pray that this Court grant their motion for an extension of time in which to file their appellees’ brief and extend the deadline for filing the brief from July 31, 2015, through and until August 14, 2015. The Budget/Weitz Appellees also request such other and further relief to which they may be entitled.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ J. Bruce Bennett J. Bruce Bennett State Bar No. 0214550 Leon V. Komkov State Bar No.11670500 CARDWELL, HART & BENNETT, LLP Brazos, Suite 1001 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 322-0011 Facsimile: (512) 322-0808 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Joseph W. Letzer Tx. State Bar No. 24030763 Dent. M. Morton Tx. State Bar No. 24056645 BURR & FORMAN, LLP 20th Street N, Suite 3400 Birmingham, AL 35203-5210 Telephone: (205) 251-3000 Facsimile: (205) 458-5100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Intervenors/Appellees Ricardo M. Weitz, Hi Tech Imports, LLC, Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, and Hi Tech Imports South, LLC Wm. R. Crocker State Bar No. 05091000 Brazos, Suite 1014 Austin, Texas 78767 Telephone: (512) 478-5611 Facsimile: (512) 474-2540 Email: [email protected] Attorney for Intervenor/Appellee Budget Leasing, Inc. d/b/a Audi North Austin and Audi South Austin CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that on July 17, 2015, I conferred with counsel for Appellees Walker, O’Malley, and Wilkov about the requested extension. Appellees Walker, O’Malley, and Wilkov do not oppose the granting of the relief sought. On July 17, 2015, I also conferred with counsel for Appellants. Appellants are opposed to the granting of the relief sought.

/s/ J. Bruce Bennett J. Bruce Bennett CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 21, 2015, I used the Court's electronic case filing system to file the foregoing document and to serve this document on the following persons: Billy M. Donley Mark E. Smith BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP 1000 Louisiana, Suite 2000 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 646-1382 Fax: (713) 751-1717 [email protected] [email protected] S. Shawn Stephens James P. Sullivan KING & SPALDING, LLP 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 751-3200 Fax: (713) 751-3290

Attorneys for Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Audi of America, Inc. Kimberly Fuchs Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Tel: (512) 475-4195 Fax: (512) 320-0167 [email protected] Attorney for Appellees, the Hon. Michael J. O'Malley and the Hon. Penny A. Wilkov

Dennis McKinney Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Tel: (512) 475-4020 Fax: (512) 320-0167 [email protected] Attorney for Appellee, the Hon. John H. Walker This the 21st day of July 2015.

/s/ J. Bruce Bennett J. Bruce Bennett