Downhole Technology LLC and Schoeller Bleckmann America, Inc. v. Rachel Vanlue, Independent Executrix of the estate of James Duke Vanlue, deceased Appeal from 295th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Opinion issued December 7, 2023 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-21-00435-CV ——————————— DOWNHOLE TECHNOLOGY LLC AND SCHOELLER BLECKMANN AMERICA, INC., Appellants V. RACHEL VANLUE, INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES DUKE VANLUE, DECEASED, Appellee On Appeal from the 295th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2018-47418 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellants Downhole Technology LLC and Schoeller Bleckmann America, Inc. have filed an Agreed Motion to Dismiss this Appeal representing that the parties have entered into a confidential settlement agreement in which they have agreed to settle the underlying dispute. The Agreed Motion to Dismiss Appeal requests that we dismiss this appeal and order each party to bear its own attorney’s fees and costs—as the parties have agreed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a). No opinion has issued. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(c). The certificate of conference states that the parties have conferred and file the motion as an agreed motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1(a)(5). Accordingly, we grant the Agreed Motion to Dismiss Appeal, dismiss this appeal in all things, and order each party to bear their own attorney’s fees and costs, as agreed upon by the parties. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a)(2), 42.1(a), 43.2(f). We further dismiss all other pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Hightower and Guerra. 2

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