Helena Chemical Co. v. Wilkins

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice JEFFERSON joined.

This is a case of first impression involv- mg the Texas Seed Arbitration Act. 1 The Act requires that certain defective-seed claims be submitted to arbitration as a prerequisite to maintaining a legal action against the labeler. We must decide whether the timeliness requirement for submitting claims to arbitration is jurisdictional under the Act. We conclude that it is not, and that the evidence was legally sufficient to support the jury’s verdict on liability, causation, and…