Opinion issued December 15, 2022
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-22-00330-CV
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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
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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.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Countiss and Rivas-Molloy.
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