Texas Panel:  Federal Ruling Constitutes Res Judicata For Arbitration Bid

Mealey's (May 30, 2023, 1:06 PM EDT) -- EASTLAND, Texas — Ruling in part that a federal court’s judgment that was rendered after a Texas trial court’s order and is being appealed “now precludes any determination on the issue of arbitrability in this court or in the court below,” a Texas appellate panel denied an interlocutory appeal in a dispute over whether a school district can be compelled to arbitrate under a reinsurance contract to which it is not a party....