Christus Spohn Health System Corporation v. Nueces County Hospital District ( 2001 )

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NUMBER 13-00-368-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI

CHRISTUS SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Appellee.

On appeal from the 347th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

O P I N I O N

Before Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Chavez ⁽¹⁾

Opinion Per Curiam

Christus Spohn Health System Corporation ("Spohn") filed a declaratory judgment action and a demand for arbitration in a contract dispute. Appellant appealed an order by the 347th District Court in Nueces County staying arbitration. In a prior opinion we affirmed the judgment of the trial court and found that there was no arbitration provision that applied to the dispute. Spohn filed a motion for rehearing. The underlying issues giving rise to this controversy have now been settled and resolved. We vacate our prior opinion and, pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 42, reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand this matter back to the trial court for further proceedings in accordance with the settlement. We dismiss the motion for rehearing as moot.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed

this 11th day of January, 2001.

1. Retired Justice Melchor Chavez assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon 1998).