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VENTURE COTTON CO-OP. v. FREEMAN

No. 13-0122.

435 S.W.3d 222 (2014)

VENTURE COTTON COOPERATIVE and Noble Americas Corp., Petitioners, v. Shelby Alan FREEMAN, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Delivered June 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Carson Fisk , Ford Nassen & Baldwin P.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Fisk R. Carson.

Amber S. Miller , ZS Brady & Co., Lubbock, TX, for Amicus Curiae' Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.

Zachary S. Brady , ZS Brady & Co., Lubbock, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texans for Lawsuit Reform.

Danica Lynn Milios , Kent C. Sullivan , Sean D. Jordan , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Austin, H. Grady Terrill III , Craig Terrill Hale & Grantham LLP, Lubbock, TX, for Petitioner.

Don David Martinson , McCleskey Harriger Brazill & Graf, L.L.P., Lubbock, Dustin Slade , Fernando Manuel Bustos, Bustos Law Firm, P.C., Lubbock, Jennifer Lea Kelley , Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin PC, Dallas, TX, for Respondent Freeman, Shelby Alan.

Dennis R. Burrows , William P. Lane , McCleskey Harriger Brazill & Graf, L.L.P., Lubbock, Don Martinson , Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., Dallas, Jennifer Lea Kelley , Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Austin, TX, for Respondent Neitsch, Roger.

H. Alan Carmichael , Wetsel & Carmichael, LLP, Sweetwater, TX, for Respondent OCHO Gin Company, Ltd.

Justice DEVINE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Two groups of cotton farmers sue to rescind contracts in which they agreed to sell cotton through a cooperative marketing pool. The farmers allege that they were fraudulently induced to join the cooperative and seek damages, declaratory relief, and attorney's fees under various statutes. Because the agreements provide for arbitration of all disputes under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C §§ 1-16, the...

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