Builders First Source-South Texas, LP v. Ortiz

MAJORITY OPINION

Tracy Christopher, Justice

This is an interlocutory appeal of a trial court’s order setting aside two sanctions orders issued by an arbitrator before the American Arbitration Association (the AAA). The trial court held that the arbitrator’s sanctions orders were obtained through evident partiality by the arbitrator and appointed a new arbitrator over the dispute. Appellant Builders First Source-South Texas, LP (Builders First) argues that the trial court erred in setting aside the sanctions orders, and in removing the arbitrator and appointing a new arbitrator, because the…