Hoskins v. Hoskins

filed a concurring opinion.

The Court holds that the Texas Arbitration Act (TAA) provides the exclusive grounds for vacatur of an arbitration award where the proceedings are governed by the TAA. The plain text of the TAA compels that result, and I join the majority opinion in full.

I write briefly, however, to underscore the significance of today’s decision. For decades, Texas courts and attorneys have quietly questioned whether common-law vacatur doctrines are viable alongside the TAA’s vacatur grounds.1 Manifest disregard, as featured in today’s case, is one such doctrine. Gross mistake is…