No. 15-0966 I
N THE
S
UPREME
C
OURT OF
T
EXAS
S
TEVEN
G
REGORY
S
LOAT
,
E
D
B
RYAN
,
C
HURCH OF
S
CIENTOLOGY
I
NTERNATIONAL
,
D
AVID
J.
L
UBOW
,
AND
M
ONTY
D
RAKE
,
Petitioners,
v. M
ONIQUE
R
ATHBUN
,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review from the Third Court of Appeals at Austin, Texas No. 03-14-00199-CV
P
ETITION
F
OR
R
EVIEW OF
S
TEVEN
G
REGORY
S
LOAT
,
E
D
B
RYAN
,
D
AVID
J.
L
UBOW
,
AND
M
ONTY
D
RAKE
Jonathan H. Hull State Bar No. 10253350 jhull@reaganburrus.com R
EGAN
B
URRUS
401 Main Plaza, Suite 200 New Braunfels, Texas 78130 Telephone: (830) 625-8026 Facsimile: (830) 625-4433 Stephanie S. Bascon State Bar No. 19356850 sbascon@att.net L
AW
O
FFICE OF
S
TEPHANIE
S.
B
ASCON
,
PLLC 297 W. San Antonio Street New Braunfels, Texas 78730 Telephone: (830) 625-2940 Facsimile: (830) 221-3441 Gary D. Sarles State Bar No. 17651100 gsarles@sarleslaw.com O. Paul Dunagan State Bar No. 06202700 dunagan@sarleslaw.com S
ARLES
&
O
UIMET
370 Founders Square 900 Jackson Street Dallas, Texas 75202 Telephone: (214) 573-6300 Facsimile: (214) 573-6306
A
TTORNEYS FOR
P
ETITIONERS
S
TEVEN
G
REGORY
S
LOAT
,
E
D
B
RYAN
,
D
AVID
J.
L
UBOW
,
AND
M
ONTY
D
RAKE
FILED
15-0966
2/19/2016 2:49:57 PM
tex-9199478
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK
2
N
OTICE OF
A
DOPTION BY
R
EFERENCE
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.7, Petitioners Monty Drake, Steven Gregory Sloat, Ed Bryan, and David Lubow (the “Individual Defendants”) hereby adopt by reference the petition for review filed in this case by the Church of Scientology International. The Identity of Parties and Counsel, Statement of the Case, Statement of Jurisdiction, Issues Presented, Reasons to Grant, Statement of Facts, Summary of Argument, Argument, and Appendix identified in the Church’s petition are equally applicable to the Individual Defendants, and are therefore not repeated here. However, the Individual Defendants write separately to illustrate how the court of appeals’ failure to analyze the discrete claims asserted against
each
Defendant violated their rights under the TCPA.
3
T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
Notice of Adoption by Reference ............................................................................. 2 Table of Contents ...................................................................................................... 3 Index of Authorities .................................................................................................. 4 Summary of Argument ............................................................................................. 6 Argument................................................................................................................... 8 I. The TCPA requires courts to give individual consideration to each claim asserted against each defendant ............................................................ 8 A. Each TCPA movant is entitled to have his motion considered as to his specific conduct .......................................................................... 9 B. Courts must consider the context in which each movant’s conduct occurred .................................................................................. 9 C. The TCPA requires courts to consider whether each discrete cause of action asserted against a TCPA movant is based on that individual movant’s covered conduct ......................................... 11 II. The Individual Defendants ........................................................................... 12 A. Monty Drake ....................................................................................... 13 B. Steven Gregory Sloat ......................................................................... 16 C. Ed Bryan ............................................................................................. 18 D. David Lubow ...................................................................................... 21 Conclusion and Prayer ............................................................................................ 24 Certificate of Service .............................................................................................. 27 Certificate of Compliance ....................................................................................... 28