Michael Morford D/B/A Nemaha Water Services v. Esposito Securities, LLC

Order entered November 26, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01223-CV
MICHAEL MORFORD D/B/A NEMAHA WATER SERVICES, ET AL, Appellants
V.
ESPOSITO SECURITIES, LLC, Appellee
On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-05795
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart
Before the Court are (1) the parties’ jurisdictional briefs, filed at the Court’s direction; (2)
appellants’ October 3, 2014 amended emergency motion for temporary relief; (3) appellants’
November 5, 2014 second amended emergency motion for temporary relief; and (4) appellants’
November 13, 2014 request to expedite appeal. We GRANT the requests for temporary relief
and ORDER the arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association STAYED
pending further order of this Court. Pursuant to section 171.021(c), a stay of the trial court
proceedings is automatic. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 171.021(c) (West 2011).
We DENY the request to expedite appeal as the appeal is docketed as an accelerated appeal.
We defer the jurisdictional issue to the submissions panel. As the record has been filed,
we ORDER appellants to file their brief on the merits no later than December 16, 2014.
/s/ CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE