                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-14-00459-CV
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          HOUSTON CASUALTY COMPANY, ET AL, Appellants

                                        V.

 ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ANADARKO E & P
               COMPANY, L.P., Appellees
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                    On Appeal from the 284th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 12-08-08760 CV
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                                     ORDER

      On October 7, 2014, the trial court signed an interlocutory order, which

identified a controlling question of law that may materially advance the ultimate

termination of the litigation, and granted permission to appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac.

& Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d) (West Supp. 2014); see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 168.

On October 21, 2014, Houston Casualty Company, Allianz Global Corporate &

Specialty AG, Clearwater Insurance Company, Hudson Insurance Company,

Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Navigators Insurance Company,
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and Underwriters at Lloyd’s Syndicate Nos. 33, 457, 510, 609, 623, 958, 1036,

1084, 1183, 1919, 1209, 1221, 1225, 2003, 2007, 2121, 2623, 3000, 4020, 5000,

filed a petition for permission to appeal from the interlocutory order. See Tex. R.

App. P. 28.3(a). On October 31, 2014, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and

Anadarko E & P Company, L.P. filed a response and cross-petition for permissive

appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(f).

      The Court grants the petition and the cross-petition for permissive appeal of

the trial court’s order of October 7, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). Notice of

appeal is deemed filed as of the date of this Order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k).

The record is due November 24, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.1(b). The brief of

the appellants is due twenty days after the record is filed. See Tex. R. App. P.

38.6(a). The brief of the appellees and cross-appellants is due twenty days after the

filing of the brief of the appellants. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). The reply brief

and brief of the cross-appellees is due twenty days after the brief of the appellees

and cross-appellants is filed. The Clerk of the Court shall file a copy of this Order

with the trial court clerk. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k).

      ORDER ENTERED November 13, 2014.

                                                               PER CURIAM


Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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