Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2025

Kelly Hancock, Acting Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. American Airlines, Inc.

Kelly Hancock, Acting Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided October 23, 2025

Kelly Hancock, Acting Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. American Airlines, Inc.

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00113-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/23/2025 5:38 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM October 23, 2025 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Via E-filing Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 Austin, Texas 78711 Re: No. 15-24-00113-CV; Kelly Hancock, Acting Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, v. American Airlines, Inc. Dear Mr. Prine: On behalf of Appellants Kelly Hancock, Acting Comptroller of Public Accounts of the state of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, this letter confirms our receipt of the notice of oral argument. I will present oral argument on behalf of Appellants.

Sincerely, /s/ Kyle Pierce Counce KYLE PIERCE COUNCE State Bar No. 24082862 [email protected] Assistant Attorney General Tax Litigation Division P. O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 T: (512) 463-3112 F: (512) 478-4013 cc: Counsel of record – via ECF.

P os t Of fice Box 12548, Au stin, Texa s 7 8 7 1 1 - 2 5 4 8 • ( 5 1 2 ) 4 6 3 - 2 1 0 0 • www. texa satto r neyg eneral .gov Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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Kyle Counce on behalf of Kyle Counce Bar No. 24082862 [email protected] Envelope ID: 107235765 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Letter re OA Status as of 10/24/2025 7:03 AM CST Associated Case Party: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Richard Phillips 24032833 [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT Leonora Meyercord 24074711 [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT Mary McNulty 13839680 [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT Meghan McCaig [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: GLENN HEGAR COMPTROLLER Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Kyle PierceCounce [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT Alyson “Ally” Thompson [email protected] 10/23/2025 5:38:54 PM SENT

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