In a matter subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), a person may take an appeal or writ of error to the court of appeals from the judgment or interlocutory order of a district court, a county court at law, a county court, or the business court under the same circumstances that an appeal from a federal district court's order or decision would be permitted by 9 U.S.C. Section 16.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.016
APPEAL ARISING UNDER FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT
Applied in 83 court decisions — leading case CMH HOMES v. Perez (2011)
Most recently applied in Natgasoline LLC and Orascom E&C USA Inc. v. Refractory Construction Services, Co LLC (December 2018)
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 820 (S.B. 1650), Sec. 1, eff
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