Receiver’s Claims Are Not Sufficient To Confer Jurisdiction, Panel Says, Reverses

Mealey's (June 23, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals panel on June 4 held that allegations by the special deputy receiver of an insolvent insurer are not sufficient to confer jurisdiction because the appellants’ contacts with Texas are insufficient to establish specific jurisdiction, reversing a lower court’s order denying the appellants’ special appearances objecting to the Texas court’s exercise of jurisdiction over them and rendering judgment dismissing the receiver’s claims for want of jurisdiction....