Texas Supreme Court

In Re Delmar “Bo” McKINNEY and Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. D/B/A Edward Jones

July 1, 200548 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 947

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court granted mandamus relief to Edward Jones, holding that the customer’s signed account agreement containing an arbitration clause was enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. Accordingly, the trial court was ordered to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s breach of contract and related claims.