KNIGHTON v. IBM

No. 01-91-01285-CV.

856 S.W.2d 206 (1993)

Thomas Charles KNIGHTON, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, The IBM Retirement Plan, and Ruth Roskelly, f/k/a Ruth Allison Knighton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester R. Buzbee, III, Buzbee & Associates, P.C., Houston, for appellant.

Bobbie G. Bayless, Bayless & Stokes, Houston, for appellee Ruth Roskelly, f/k/a Ruth Allison Knighton.

Maria Wyckoff Boyce, Marc A. Antonetti, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, for appellees International Business Machines Corp. and the IBM Retirement Plan.

Before OLIVER-PARROTT, C.J., and O'CONNOR and WILSON, JJ.


OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

Thomas Charles Knighton (Knighton), appellant, sued his former wife, Ruth Roskelly (Roskelly), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), and the IBM Retirement Plan (the Plan), appellees, seeking a declaratory judgment to enjoin the enforcement of a Florida court judgment.

The issue is when no action has been requested to enforce the valid judgment of a sister state, should Texas courts interfere with...

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