Friday, October 07, 2011 Mr. J. David Breemer Pacific Legal Foundation G Street Sacremento, CA 95814 Mr. Barry C. Willey Galveston County Legal Department Moody, Fifth Floor Galveston, TX 77550 Mr. Jerry Patterson 2501 Pebble Beach Drive Austin, TX 78747 Mr. Arthur Cleveland D'Andrea Assistant Solicitor General P.O. Box 12548 (MC059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 Mr. Charles F. Fulbruge III, Clerk U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit S. Maestri Place New Orleans, LA 70130

RE: Case Number: 09-0387 Court of Appeals Number: Trial Court Number: 07-20409 Style: CAROL SEVERANCE v. JERRY PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE; GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND KURT SISTRUNK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS Dear Counsel: Today the Supreme Court of Texas reinstated the above-referenced cause. The Court reinstates our consideration on rehearing of the certified questions in light of the recent order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denying the State's mootness claims. (Chief Justice Jefferson not sitting) Sincerely, [pic]

Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

by Yaira M. Torres, Deputy Clerk