Tohato, Inc. v. Pinewild Management, Inc.

SMITH, Judge.

This appeal involves the enforceability of an arbitration clause found in an agreement governed by Texas law. On 20 February 1990, ClubCorp Realty Holdings, Inc. (“ClubCorp”), a Texas corporation, entered into a Master Joint Venture Agreement with Lieben USA Corporation (“Lieben”), a California corporation. ClubCorp was designated as the Managing General Partner of the joint venture, and Lieben was designated as a General Partner. The purpose of the joint venture was to locate, acquire, develop and manage private golf country clubs.

Section 2.5 of the joint venture agreement…