in Re Fluid Power Equipment, Inc., Peerless Enterprises, and Robert N. Shell

Opinion

Opinion issued December 15, 2022

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-22-00330-CV ——————————— IN RE FLUID POWER EQUPMENT, INC., PEERLESS ENTERPRISES, AND ROBERT N. SHELL, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators, Fluid Power Equipment, Inc., Peerless Enterprises, and Robert N.

Shell, have filed a petition for writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s April

12, 2022 order denying their motion to stay arbitration.1 Relators assert that the

1 The underlying case is Fluid Power Equipment, Inc., Peerless Enterprises, and Robert Noble Shell v. Deborah P. Wilson, as Independent Executrix of the Estate of John William Wilson, Cause No. 2022-06158, in the 157th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Tanya Garrison presiding. arbitration they seek to stay attempts to “re-arbitrate and re-litigate an alleged

mistake” made in an earlier arbitration award that was confirmed by the trial court

in 2019. According to relators, they seek “to vindicate the policies that favor

arbitration and the finality of [the earlier arbitration] award.”

We deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus. All pending motions are

dismissed as moot.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Countiss and Rivas-Molloy.