Supreme Court of Texas

IN RE HALLIBURTON CO., 00-1206

An arbitration provision between an employer and an at-will employee is enforced where employer sent notice of a new dispute resolution program to the employee, informing him that continuing employment would amount to acceptance of the plan, and the provision was not unconscionable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2001
• Decided 05/30/2002
• Published 05/30/2002

Judges

• Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court in which Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Russell J. Weintraub, Austin, W. Carl Jordan, Vanessa M. Clem, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, for Relators.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara J. Gardner, Barbara Gardner & Associates, David W. Holman, Holman & Keeling, PC, Houston, for Respondent.