Enterprise Field Services, LLC v. TOC-Rocky Mountain, Inc.

OPINION

SHERRY RADACK, Chief Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to compel arbitration. 1 Specifically, we consider whether appellant waived arbitration by substantially invoking the judicial process.

BACKGROUND

The San Juan Gas Gathering System

This suit involves the gathering of gas in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. Gathering is the collecting of natural gas at the wellhead and delivering it via a collection of smaller pipelines to processing plants. Appellant, Enterprise Field Services, LLC. [“Enterprise”], owns one…