UETA of California, Inc., UETA, Inc., Duty Free Americas, Inc., and SYG Ventures General Partnership v. Gloria Brady, Individually, and as Independent of the Estate of Harold J. Brady (Deceased)

Opinion

NUMBER 13-18-00363-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

UETA OF CALIFORNIA, INC., UETA, INC., DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC., AND SYG VENTURES GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, Appellants,

v.

GLORIA BRADY, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HAROLD J. BRADY (DECEASED), Appellees.

On appeal from the 139th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas.

ORDER Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides Order Per Curiam

Appellants UETA of California, Inc., UETA, Inc., Duty Free Americas, Inc., and SYG Venture General Partnership have filed a motion for emergency stay of the trial

court proceedings below in Cause C-4301-17-C; Gloria Brady, Individually, and as

Independent Executrix of the Estate of Harold J. Brady (Deceased) v. UETA of

California, Inc., UETA, Inc., Duty Free Americas, Inc., and SYG Ventures General

Partnership, arising from the 139th Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County. This

appeal arises from the denial of appellants’ motion to compel arbitration. Appellants

argue that if the trial court proceedings are not stayed, the parties and the courts “will

be forced to spend considerable time and resources engaging in discovery and pre-

trial proceedings unnecessarily to litigate a case that, under Texas law, must be

compelled to arbitration.” They further argue that, absent a stay, this Court may be

denied the opportunity to rule on a pivotal threshold issue before this case is litigated,

thus potentially depriving this Court of subject matter jurisdiction over the pending

appeal.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion for emergency stay

and the matters on file herein, is of the opinion that appellants are entitled to a stay of the

trial court proceedings. Accordingly, we order the trial court proceedings STAYED

pending further order of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the 16th day of August, 2018.