Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP v. Chevron Phillips Chem. Co., L.P.

In this case, we must decide whether the failure to timely appeal a turnover order deprived the court of appeals of jurisdiction. Our decision turns on the finality of an order that affected a non-judgment debtor's rights. The order directed funds subject to disputed ownership claims into the court's registry "without prejudice" to the rights of either the judgment creditor or non-judgment debtor to later seek the funds' release. We conclude that a turnover order is not a final, appealable judgment when it merely orders funds subject to an as-yet-unadjudicated ownership dispute into the…