Bryant v. United Shortline Inc. Assurance Services, N.A.

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, SPECTOR and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

In this case, we consider whether a Tennessee chancery court order that gives that court exclusive jurisdiction over the assets of an insolvent insurer precludes a Texas lawsuit by a judgment creditor to satisfy the judgment from funds in a Texas bank, the ownership of such funds being in dispute. The court of appeals held that the Tennessee order exceeded the chancery court’s jurisdictional limits, and therefore affirmed the trial court’s refusal to enjoin or stay the Texas proceedings. We affirm the court of…