G.T. LEACH BUILDERS, LLC v. SAPPHIRE V.P.

NO. 13-0497.

458 S.W.3d 502 (2015)

G.T. LEACH BUILDERS, LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. SAPPHIRE V.P., LP, Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: March 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Burgess , John B. Wallace , Timothy Leo Nebel , Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP, Houston, for Petitioner ZCA Residential, LLC.

Charles Clayton Conrad , Edward S. Hubbard , Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee, PC, Gilberto Hinojosa , Law Offices of Gilberto Hinojosa & Associates, P.C., Brownsville, Lawrence J. West , Stephen Douglas Pritchett Jr. , Johnson, Trent, West & Taylor, L.L.P., Houston, for Petitioner G.T. Leach Builders, L.L.C.

Aaron Tilley , Cozen O'Connor , Dallas, Joseph A. Ziemianski , Stephen Bender Edmundson , Cozen O'Connor , Houston, for Petitioner CHP and Associates, Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Brian Christopher Lopez , Engvall & Lopez, L.L.P., Jennifer Bruch Hogan , Richard P. Hogan Jr. , Hogan & Hogan, Houston, for Petitioner Comfort Systems USA-South Central.

Andrew T. McKinney IV , Daniel W. Burrows , Litchfield Cavo, LLP, Houston, for Petitioner Power Design, Inc.

Ethan Dennis Carlyle , James M. Cleary Jr. , Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom LLP, Houston, for Petitioner Adams Insurance Service, Inc.

Jeremy J. Gaston , Walter J. Cicack , Hawash, Meade, Gaston, Neese & Cicack LLP, Houston, for Petitioner Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.

Frank Costilla , Law Offices of Frank Costilla, L.P., Brownsville, Jonathan Daniel Simon , Simon Law Firm, Richard D. Daly , Daly & Black, P.C., Houston, Melissa Waden Wray , Daly & Black, P.C., Waco, for Respondent Sapphire VP, LP.


Texas law encourages parties to resolve disputes through arbitration,1 but it will not force them to arbitrate unless they have agreed to that alternative.2 If they have, or if they are equitably estopped

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