American Standard & the Trane Co. v. Brownsville Independent School District

I agree that the court of appeals erred in dismissing the petitioners’ interlocutory appeal, and join in the Court’s judgment. I disagree that we should continue requiring litigants to pursue parallel mandamus and interlocutory appeal proceedings in arbitration cases. This unnecessary duplication makes arbitration more cumbersome and costly than other cases, rather than the “simplicity, informality, and expedition” intended for them. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614, 628, 105 S.Ct. 3346, 87 L.Ed.2d 444 (1985).

An interlocutory appeal is proper to enforce…