August 31, 2007

Mr. Charles R. Watson Jr. Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Congress Ave., Suite 300 Austin, TX 78701-4042 Mr. Joseph Michael Gourrier The Gourrier Law Firm P.O. Box 300002 Houston, TX 77230 Mr. Mike A. Hatchell Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP Congress Ave., Suite 300 Austin, TX 78701-4042 RE: Case Number: 05-0951 Court of Appeals Number: 13-04-00403-CV Trial Court Number: C-1535-03-E Style: IN RE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, L.P. Dear Counsel: Today the Supreme Court of Texas delivered the enclosed opinion in the above-referenced cause. The stay order issued November 22, 2005 is lifted. (Justice Willett not sitting)

Sincerely, [pic]

Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk Enclosures |cc:|Ms. Cathy Wilborn | | |Mr. Omar Guerrero | | |Mr. Don R. Richards | | |Ms. Brook Bennett | | |Brown | | |Ms. Elizabeth R. B. | | |Sterling |