Opinion

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,

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Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk

|cc:|Mr. Jeffrey D. Kyle |

| |Mr. Ronald Lynn Beal |

| |Ms. Amalia Rodriguez |

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