Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District, 2025

Pfizer Inc. and Tris Pharma, Inc. v. the State of Texas and Tarik Ahmed

Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District · Decided November 21, 2025

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00021-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/21/2025 3:30 PM No. 15-25-00021-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE __________________________________________________________________ CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS In the Fifteenth Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 11/21/2025 3:30:34 PM __________________________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk PFIZER INC. and TRIS PHARMA, INC., Petitioners/Defendants, v. The STATE OF TEXAS and TARIK AHMED, Respondents/Plaintiffs. __________________________________________________________________ Permissive appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court, Harrison County, Texas

Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal __________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(1), Defendants Pfizer Inc. and Tris Pharma, Inc. hereby respectfully move this Court to dismiss the above- captioned appeal. All parties have reached an agreed resolution of this matter, and the civil action underlying this permissive interlocutory appeal was voluntarily non- suited with prejudice on November 20, 2025. Plaintiffs the State of Texas, by and through the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, and Relator Tarik Ahmed do not oppose the relief requested herein.

Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request that the Court grant this motion and dismiss this appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ William E. Lawler III /s/ Samantha B. Badlam GILLAM & SMITH LLP FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Harry “Gil” Gillam, Jr. Edward D. Burbach Texas Bar. No. 07921800 Texas Bar No. 03355250 Tom Gorham 600 Congress, Suite 3000 Texas Bar. No. 24012715 Austin, TX 78701 S. Washington Ave. [email protected] Marshall, TX 75670 (512)542-7070 [email protected] [email protected] THE VAL JONES LAW FIRM (903) 934-8450 George Valton (“Val”) Jones State Bar No. 10888050 BLANK ROME LLP 109 West Austin St. William E. Lawler III Marshall, TX 75670-3340 D.C. Bar No. 398951 [email protected] 1825 Eye Street NW (903) 927-2220 Washington, DC 20006 [email protected] ROPES & GRAY LLP (202) 420-5460 Samantha Barrett Badlam (admitted pro hac vice) Huaou Yan (admitted pro hac vice) Stefan P. Schropp PA Bar No. 324705 (admitted pro hac vice) One Logan Square, 130 North 18th St 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Washington, DC 20006-6807 [email protected] [email protected] (215) 569-5449 [email protected] (202) 508-4734 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT TRIS (202) 508-4883 PHARMA, INC. COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT PFIZER INC.

Date: November 21, 2025 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE I certify that this document complies with the length limit of Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(i)(2)(B) because the relevant portion contains no more than 93 words.

/s/ Samantha B. Badlam Samantha B. Badlam CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I certify that, pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), I conferred with counsel for the State of Texas and for Relator Tarik Ahmed, who indicated their clients would not oppose the request for relief.

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