Texaco, Inc., Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Joe R. Clark, Maurice Meyer, III, and John R. Norris, III, Co-Trustees of Texas Pacific Land Trust

Summary

The Texas Court of Appeals, Eighth District, dismissed an appeal for want of jurisdiction. The court held that the Texas General Arbitration Act did not apply because the arbitration agreement was made in 1954, and found no basis for appellate jurisdiction under either the Texas statute or the Federal Arbitration Act.

Holdings

1. The Texas General Arbitration Act does not apply to the arbitration agreement because the agreement was made on December 10, 1954, before January 1, 1966.
2. The appeal must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction because neither the Texas General Arbitration Act nor the Federal Arbitration Act provides a basis for appellate jurisdiction.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Court of Appeals had appellate jurisdiction over an order denying confirmation of arbitration awards under the Texas General Arbitration Act.
2. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act supplied a basis for appellate jurisdiction.

Disposition

dismissed