TRANSAMERICA ASSUR. CORP. v. U.S.

Civ.A. No. 3:05CV-126-H.

423 F.Supp.2d 691 (2006)

TRANSAMERICA ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Settlement Capital Corporation and Gary Steele, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

March 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Rubenstein, Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, Stephen Richie Price, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff.

Benjamin Seth Schecter, U.S. Attorneys Office, Louisville, KY, Frank P. Doheny, Jr., Dinsmore & Shohl, Matthew T. Bracy, Robert B. Weathersby, Suzanne B. Campbell, Andrews Kurth LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HEYBURN, Chief Judge.

This is an interpleader action filed by TransAmerica Assurance Corporation ("TAC") the issuer of an annuity contract, the payment of which is in dispute. Discovery is now complete and the parties have filed motions for summary judgment. The interesting issue presented here is whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity precludes a state court from exercising jurisdiction...

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