Legal Opinion
In Re Swift Transportation Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 23, 2009No. 05-08-01377-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice LANG-MIERS.
Relator Swift Transportation Company, Inc. seeks mandamus relief after the trial court denied its motion to compel arbitration. Because the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) 1 requires the trial court to compel arbitration in this case, we conditionally grant the petition and order the trial court to compel arbitration in accordance with the parties’ agreement.
BACKGROUND
Swift is an interstate transportation company. On August 14, 2007, Swift and real party in interest Carlus McDougle entered into a Contractor Agreement, in which McDougle agreed to transport…
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