January 20, 2009

Mr. Thomas R. Phillips Baker Botts L.L.P. 98 San Jacinto Center, Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78701

Ms. Erika M. Kane Office of the Attorney General PO Box 12548, Capital Station Austin, TX 78711-2548

Mr. E. Lee Parsley 221 West 6th Street, Suite 2000 Austin, TX 78701 Ms. Allyson Newton Ho Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1000 Louisiana St., Suite 4200 Houston, TX 77002-5006

Ms. Jennifer S. Riggs Riggs & Aleshire, P.C. 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 920 Austin, TX 78701

RE: Case Number: 08-0485 Court of Appeals Number: 03-05-00620-CV Trial Court Number: GN204022

Style: TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PODIATRIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS, TEXAS PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND BRUCE A. SCUDDAY, D.P.M. v. TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION, TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND ANDREW M. KANT, M.D.

Dear Counsel:

Today the Supreme Court of Texas granted the Petitioner's Joint Motion to Abate the Appeal and issued the enclosed abatement order in the above- referenced case. Sincerely, [pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk

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