IN RE RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Nos. 01-03-00463-CV, 01-03-00532-CV, 01-03-00533-CV, 01-03-00389-CV, 01-03-00530-CV, 01-03-00531-CV.

196 S.W.3d 311 (2006)

In re RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.; and Raymond James Financial, Inc., Relators. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.; and Raymond James Financial, Inc., Appellants, v. Alicia Bowman; David Anderson Carp, as Trustee for L.E. Minor, Jr. and as Trustee for the Carp Family Trust; Charlene Carson; Maurice Carson; David Drutz; Lydia Drutz, Individually, as Trustee for the Rose Sussman Trust, and as Trustee for the Sussman Family Trust; Dana Drutz; Jeff Drutz; Karole Fedrick; Wedsel Groom; Angela Groom; Howard Hochman; Shirley Hochman; E.Z. Jones; Lena Jones; Kinder Materials; Betty Kowis; Sam Raia; Teresea Raia; J. Mike Smith; Sadie Tineralla; David Shaw; Karen Shaw; Richard Zissa; Sharon Zissa; and Maria Garcia, Appellees. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.; and Raymond James Financial, Inc., Appellants, v. Edward Cepiel, Individually and as Trustee for The Ed and Marie Cepiel Trust; Marie Cepiel, Individual and as Trustee for The Ed and Marie Cepiel Trust; Mike Atlas; Sid Atlas; Helene Atlas; Theodore Chesser; Melody Chesser; Lawrence Cohen; Jim Forrest; Christopher Forrest; James Gracey; Gary Grant; Eva Grant; Eleanor Lensky; Jerry Mendelson, Individually and as Trustee for the Mendelson Charitable Trust; Judy Offman; Plum Glen Partners; Stephen Perel; Francis Perel; John Perel; Philip Tannenbaum; Adele Tannenbaum; John West, Individually and as Trustee for Ouida West; Van W. Williams; Robbie W. Williams, Individually and as Trustee for The Williams Living Trust; and Viola Zabransky, Appellees. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.; and Raymond James Financial, Inc., Appellants, v. Bill Ashworth; Sandra Ashworth; G. Edwin Brooks; Ahlene Brooks; Ronald Brooks; David Anderson Carp; William Chapline; Lynne Chapline; Charles Howard, Individually, as Trustee for the Julie Rivers Howard Drenner Trust, and as Trustee for the Chad Joseph Rivers Howard Trust (Ugma Trust); Lonnie Fedrick; James Goodin; Brad Klein; Stephanie Klein; Frederick T. Kuykendall, III; Mayberry Family Limited Partnership; Jim Mcingvale; Linda Mcingvale; Melody Chesser, as Trustee for the Teddy Ralph Moore Residual Trust; Eddie Moore, Sr.; Eddie Moore, Jr.; One Dog Promotions, Inc.; Richard Reed; Denise Reed; Larry Rogovein; Melanie Rogovein, Individually, as Trustee for the Rogovein Family Revocable Trust, and as Trustee for the Rogovein Family Trust; Martin Rogovein; David Seeley; Susan Seeley; Gregory Wallace; and Hugh Weatherly, Individually and as Trustee for The Weatherly Family Trust, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Shipley, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Linda J. Broocks, Laura Gibson, Jackie M. Gorham, Ogden, Gibson, White & Broocks, & Longoria, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Joseph F. Archer, Law Offices of Joseph Archer, Jeremy Richard Stone, Ernest Boyd, Mehaffy Webber, P.C., Robert G. Taylor II, Law Offices of Robert Taylor, II, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices NUCHIA and KEYES.


OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellants and relators Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.; and Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the Raymond James defendants), filed motions to compel arbitration between the Raymond James defendants and 87 of the plaintiffs in this litigation. The trial court denied the motions, and the Raymond James defendants filed interlocutory appeals of that denial...

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