                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-18-00383-CV
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 LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, Appellant

                                        V.

    CITY OF CONROE, TEXAS, QUADVEST LP, WOODLAND OAKS
     UTILITY LP, CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER CO. INC., EVERETT
    SQUARE INC., E.S. WATER CONSOLIDATORS INC., UTILITIES
   INVESTMENT CO. INC., AND T&W WATER SERVICE COMPANY,
                           Appellees
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                    On Appeal from the 284th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 15-08-08942-CV
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                                     ORDER

      On September 18, 2018, 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. 2018); see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 168. On

October 3, 2018, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District filed a petition for

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permission to appeal from the interlocutory order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a). The

City of Conroe, Texas, filed a response. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(f).

      The Court grants the petition for permissive appeal of the trial court’s order

of September 18, 2018. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). Notice of appeal is deemed filed

as of the date of this Order. Id. The record is due October 22, 2018. See Tex. R. App.

P. 35.1(b). The brief of the appellant is due twenty days after the record is filed. See

Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). The briefs of the appellees are due twenty days after the

filing of the brief of the appellant. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). 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 October 11, 2018.


                                                                  PER CURIAM




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




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