Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District, 2025

2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Kelly Hancock (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Kelly Hancock (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District · Decided December 8, 2025
2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC v. State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth Paxton (In His Official Capacity), Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Kelly Hancock (In His Official Capacity), and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00086-Cv FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/8/2025 11:02 PM No. 15–25–00086–CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT FILED IN OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS for the Fifteenth Judicial District 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM Austin, Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS, LLC, ET AL., Appellant, v. STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL, Appellees.

Appellant 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments LLC’s Rule 42(a) Unopposed Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Intervenor-Defendant Appellant 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC (“Long Tail”) moves to voluntarily dismiss its appeal in this matter.

Long Tail was in a dispute with the City of Denton related to SB 2038 and the release of its property and proposed development from the City of Denton’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and so brought suit against the City of Denton in Denton County, Texas. Long Tail and the City of Denton then entered into a Rule 11 Agreement allowing Long Tail to intervene in this matter in Travis County. Long Tail accordingly intervened below, but the district court struck Long Tail’s intervention, and Long Tail appealed that judgment. Since filing its opening brief in this appeal, Long Tail and the City of Denton reached a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release related to their underlying dispute. Accordingly, Long Tail filed a Notice of Nonsuit Without Prejudice in the Travis County district court and now files this motion to dismiss its appeal. See Ex. 1.

This motion for voluntary dismissal applies only to Long Tail’s appeal, which appealed the district court’s order striking Long Tail’s intervention and denying Long Tail’s motion for summary judgment as moot. It does not prevent any other party from seeking relief to which it would otherwise be entitled. Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1).

Dated: December 8, 2025 Respectfully submitted.

/s/ Andrew B. Davis Andrew B. Davis Texas Bar No. 24082898 [email protected] William T. Thompson Texas Bar No. 24088531 [email protected] Todd Disher Texas Bar No. 24081854 [email protected] LEHOTSKY KELLER COHN LLP 7500 Rialto Blvd., Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant Appellant 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC

C ERTIFICATE OF C ONFE RENCE On December 5, 2025, I emailed Lynn Saarian, counsel for Appellees, Brad Bullock, counsel for the Appellant Cities, and David Overcash, counsel for Intervenor Cities Bonham and Anna. Each stated they are unopposed to the requested relief.

/s/ Andrew B. Davis Andrew B. Davis

C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE I hereby certify that on December 8, 2025, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the eFileTexas.gov electronic filing system, which will send notification of such filing to the email addresses denoted on Service Contacts List.

/s/ Andrew B. Davis Andrew B. Davis

EXHIBIT 1 11/21/2025 1:05 PM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County D-1-GN-23-007785 Cause No. D-1-GN-23-007785 Jonathan Sanders

City of Grand Prairie, et al., Plaintiffs, and In the District Court City of Brownsville, et al., Intervenor-Plaintiffs v. Travis County, Texas The State of Texas, et al., Defendants, 261st Judicial District and 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC, Intervenor-Defendant.

INTERVENOR 2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS, LLC’S NOTICE OF NONSUIT WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Intervenor 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC (“Long Tail”) files this Notice of Nonsuit Without Prejudice and voluntarily dismisses its claims pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release attached as Exhibit A. Long Tail requests that the Clerk enter this nonsuit in the minutes and that the Court enter the attached order. Each party will bear its own costs and fees.

Dated: November 21, 2025, Respectfully submitted, /s/ Todd Disher Todd Disher Texas Bar No. 24081854 [email protected] William T. Thompson Texas Bar No. 24088531 [email protected] Joshua P. Morrow Texas Bar No. 24106345 [email protected] LEHOTSKY KELLER COHN LLP 7500 Rialto Blvd., Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 Counsel for Intervenor 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC

Certificate of Service I certify that I filed a copy of this Notice of Nonsuit Without Prejudice using the Court’s electronic filing system on November 21, 2025, which will send notice via electronic service to all counsel of record.

/s/ Todd Disher Todd Disher

EXHIBIT A Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Loretta Howard on behalf of Todd Disher Bar No. 24081854 [email protected] Envelope ID: 108338584 Filing Code Description: FINAL OR PARTIAL DISPOSITION ORDER Filing Description: INTERVENOR 2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS LLC'S NOTICE OF NONSUIT WITH PREJUDICE Status as of 11/27/2025 2:20 PM CST Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Andy Messer [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Matthew Weston [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Becky Kohl [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Timothy A.Dunn [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Maisa Siqueira [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM ERROR Elena Bendea [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Adam Fellows [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: CITY OF ANNA,TEXAS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Clark McCoy 90001803 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT David Overcash 24075516 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Marianne Banks [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Hope Avila [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: 2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS LLC Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status William Thompson 24088531 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Josh Morrow [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Todd Disher [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: CITY OF CIBOLO Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Loretta Howard on behalf of Todd Disher Bar No. 24081854 [email protected] Envelope ID: 108338584 Filing Code Description: FINAL OR PARTIAL DISPOSITION ORDER Filing Description: INTERVENOR 2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS LLC'S NOTICE OF NONSUIT WITH PREJUDICE Status as of 11/27/2025 2:20 PM CST Associated Case Party: CITY OF CIBOLO Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status George Hyde 45006157 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Michael Bostic 24113617 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Stephen Speck 24120474 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Evelyne Jones [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Lauren Fogerty [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Matthew Weston 24037698 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: KENNETH PAXTON ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Cole Wilson 24122856 [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Jennifer Holt [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: CITY OF BROWNSVILLE Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Will Trevino [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Maida Garcia [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Lena Chaisson-Munoz [email protected] 11/21/2025 1:05:55 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Andrew Davis on behalf of Andrew Davis Bar No. 24082898 [email protected] Envelope ID: 108864812 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Appeal Status as of 12/9/2025 7:06 AM CST Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Jennifer Holt [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Allison Collins 24127467 [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Lena Chaisson-Munoz [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Cole Wilson [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Tristan AGarza [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Lynn Saarinen [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Will S.Trevino [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Sherry Brown [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Andy Messer [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Brad Bullock [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Timothy Dunn [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Todd Disher [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT William Thompson [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Cole Wilson [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Guillermo Trevino [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Lena Chaisson-Munoz [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT George Hyde [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Matthew Weston [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT David Overcash [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT Clark McCoy [email protected] 12/8/2025 11:02:17 PM SENT

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.