Legal Opinion
In Re Villanueva
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided October 28, 2009No. 08-08-00329-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
Relator, Jose Luis Villanueva, seeks a writ of mandamus to require the Honorable Gonzalo Garcia, Judge of the 210th District Court, to set aside an order granting Swift Transportation Company, Inc.’s (Swift) motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act. For the reasons that follow, we conditionally grant relief.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Villanueva has been employed by Swift since 2001 as an 18-wheel truck driver. His job duties required him to transport goods in interstate commerce. Swift is a non-subscriber to the…
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