Opinion
No. 10-03-00161-CV
Opinion Delivered and Filed June 9, 2004.
Appeal from the 66th District Court Hill County, Texas, Trial Court # 39898.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Michael A. Swartzendruber, D. Todd Smith and Paul B. Moore, Fulbright Jaworski, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for appellant/respondent.
James A. Showers and Stephanie W. Johnson, Martin, Showers, Smith McDonald, P.C., Hillboro, TX, and Clarence F. Kendall, II, Clarence F. Kendall II Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for appellee/respondent.
Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice VANCE, and Justice REYNA.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
An order denying arbitration under the Texas General Arbitration Act is challenged by interlocutory appeal, but an order denying arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act must be contested by mandamus. See Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps, 842 S.W.2d 266, 272 (Tex. 1992); TEX. CIV. PRAC. REM. CODE ANN. §§ 171.001-.098 (Vernon 1997 and Supp. 2004) (the Texas Act); and 9 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-16 (West 1999 Supp. 2004) (the Federal Act). In a related proceeding, we have applied the Federal Act to resolve this dispute. In re Reliastar Life Ins. Co., Inc., No. 10-03-00185-CV (Tex. App.-Waco 2004, orig. proceeding). As the Texas Act does not apply to the dispute in this case, this interlocutory appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.