Feldman/Matz Interests, L.L.P. v. Settlement Capital Corp.

MAJORITY OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

In this consolidated mandamus action and accelerated interlocutory appeal, we not only have to decide if the Federal Arbitration Act or the Texas Arbitration Act applies, but also if the trial court had to refer the entire case — including the plaintiffs request for injunctive relief against the defendants — to arbitration. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the Federal Arbitration Act applies and that the trial judge should have referred all of the case, including the in-junctive relief request, to arbitration. As a result, we…