Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. v. Maverick Aggregates, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 26, 2015
• Docket: 04-15-00532-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 04-15-00532-CV 04-15-00532-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 8/26/2015 4:04:02 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK CAUSE NO. 12-09-27789-MCVAJA

MAVERICK AGGREGATES, INC., § IN THE DISTRICT COURT Plaintiff, § § 365th JUDICIAL FILED IN DISTRICT 4th COURT OF APPEALS v. § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS § 8/26/2015 4:04:02 PM IPE AGGREGATE, LLC, § KEITH E. HOTTLE METSO MINERALS INDUSTRIES, INC. § Clerk and CRISP INDUSTRIES, INC., § Defendants. § MAVERICK COUNTY, TEXAS

DEFENDANT METSO MINERALS INDUSTRIES, INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL

Defendant, Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. (“Metso”), desires to appeal, and gives notice

of its appeal, from the interlocutory order entitled “Order Denying Application to Compel

Arbitration of Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.,” which the trial court signed on August 25, 2015

in Cause No. 12-09-27789-MCVAJA, Maverick Aggregates, Inc. v. IPE Aggregate, LLC, Metso

Minerals Industries, Inc. and Crisp Industries, Inc., 365th Judicial District Court of Maverick

County, Texas, and which denies Metso’s request to require Plaintiff, Maverick Aggregates, Inc.,

to arbitrate its claims.

In accordance with Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 51.016 and Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure, Rules 25.1 and 28.1, this is an accelerated interlocutory appeal, as allowed

by statute. Cf. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 171.098. Defendant Metso Minerals Industries,

Inc. appeals to the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas.

Respectfully submitted,

LANGLEY & BANACK, INC.

By:/s/ Catherine M. Stone CATHERINE M. STONE State Bar No. 19286000 cstone@langleybanack.com HERIBERTO MORALES, JR. State Bar No. 24011285 hmorales@langleybanack.com

Defendant Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.’s Notice of Appeal Page 1 PAULA C. BOSTON State Bar No. 24089661 pboston@langleybanack.com 745 East Mulberry, Suite 900 San Antonio, Texas 78212-3166 (210) 736-6600 Telephone (210) 735-6889 Facsimile

ERIC W. MATZKE (pro hac vice) WI State Bar No. 1079340 Eric.Matzke@quarles.com QUARLES & BRADY LLP 411 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2350 Milwaukee WI 53202-4426 (414) 277-5365 Telephone (414) 978-8906 Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT METSO MINERAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served upon the following on this 26 day of August, 2015, via email and regular mail:

Mr. Daniel R. Dutko DDutko@hanszenlaporte.com HANSZEN LAPORTE 11767 Katy Freeway, Ste. 850 Houston, Texas 77970 Attorneys for Maverick Aggregates, Inc.

Mr. Oscar A. Garza ogarza@oscargarzalaw.com THE LAW FIRM OF OSCAR A. GARZA, LLC 111 Soledad Street, Suite 300 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Attorney for IPE Aggregate, LLC

Mr. G. Alan Powers apowers@sbplaw.com SIMPSON, BOYD & POWERS P. O. Box 685 1119 Halsell Street Bridgeport, Texas 76426 Attorneys for Crisp Industries, Inc.

/s/ Catherine M. Stone CATHERINE M. STONE

Defendant Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.’s Notice of Appeal Page 2