IN RE D. WILSON CONST. CO.

No. 05-0326, 05-0327.

196 S.W.3d 774 (2006)

In re D. WILSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, et al., Relators American Standard and the Trane Company, et al., Petitioners, v. Brownsville Independent School District, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Griffith, Lucia Thompson, Paul W. Gertz, Mark T. Beaman, David E. Little, Fred L. Shuchart, David P. Benjamin, Cindy A. Lopez Garcia, Albert M. Gutierrez, Jr., Margery Huston, Rick Fancher, Rob Martin, Robert A. Skipworth, Ewing Edben Sikes, III, for relator.

Ernesto Gamez, Jr., Ramon Garcia, Baltazar Salazar, Catherine W. Smith, for real party in interest.

William K. Luyties, Paul Goldenberg, Moises R. Hernandez, James H. Powell, Jr., for person interested in case.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, and Justice JOHNSON joined.


In this consolidated proceeding, we decide whether the court of appeals had jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal under the Texas Arbitration Act and whether the parties' arbitration agreements are ambiguous. We hold that the court of appeals had jurisdiction over the interlocutory appeal and that the agreements are not ambiguous.

I. Background

In 1993, the Brownsville Independent School District contracted with two general contractors, D. Wilson Construction...

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