In re Equinor Texas Onshore Properties f/k/a Statoil Texas Onshore Properties LLC; Equinor Marketing & Trading (US) Inc.; Equinor Natural Gas LLC, Appeal from 295th District Court of Harris County (dissenting memorandum opinion)

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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Majority and Dissenting Opinions filed October 27, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-22-00682-CV IN RE EQUINOR TEXAS ONSHORE PROPERTIES F/K/A STATOIL TEXAS ONSHORE PROPERTIES LLC; EQUINOR MARKETING & TRADING (US) INC.; AND EQUINOR NATURAL GAS LLC, Relators ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 295th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2022-05368 MEMORANDUM DISSENTING OPINION Relators have not complied with the mandatory provision of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.3(j) (“The person filing the petition must certify that he or she has reviewed the petition and concluded that every factual statement in the petition is supported by competent evidence included in the appendix or record.”). Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(j). Following this court’s precedent in Kholaif, I would give relators ten-days notice of involuntary dismissal for not complying with Rule 52.3(j). In re Kholaif, 624 S.W.3d 228, 231 (order), mand. dism’d, 615 S.W.3d 369 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020) (orig. proceeding). I respectfully dissent from the court’s failure to provide notice and an opportunity to cure. I would not rule on the petition for a writ of mandamus at this time and express no opinion on the merits of the petition. /s/ Charles A. Spain Justice Panel consists of Justices Spain, Poissant, and Wilson (Spain, J., dissenting). 2

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