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State ex rel. Paula Buchanan v. Joseph Buchanan M1998-00962-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson This appeal involves a belated dispute over unpaid child and spousal support. After their divorce, the former spouses twice changed the custody arrangements and support obligation in their 1993 divorce decree without obtaining court approval. In 1998, a private Title IV-D contractor, acting on behalf of the State of Tennessee, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County seeking to collect $59,150 in unpaid child support and spousal support from the former husband. The trial court held that the former husband could not, as a matter of law, assert the defenses of laches, estoppel, or waiver against these claims, granted a $51,250 judgment against the former husband, and placed a judgment lien against the former husband's house. While the trial court correctly determined that the former husband could not assert equitable defenses with regard to the child support arrearage, the trial court erred by refusing to permit him to assert equitable defenses against the claim for unpaid spousal support. Accordingly, we vacate the portion of the judgment awarding the wife $29,150 for unpaid spousal support and remand the case for further proceedings.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Calvin Easley vs. James Britt M1998-00971-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction stemming from a disciplinary proceeding. After he was reclassified to a higher security status and transferred to another institution, the prisoner filed a petition for writ of common-law certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County claiming that the disciplinary board and the warden had acted arbitrarily and capriciously by finding him guilty of the disciplinary offense of escape. The trial court dismissed the petition, and the prisoner perfected an appeal to this court. While this appeal was pending, the prisoner was released from prison thereby rendering this appeal moot. Accordingly, we vacate the June 12, 1998 order and remand the case to the trial court with directions to dismiss it on the grounds of mootness.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Richard Warmath vs. Roger Payne 02A01-9803-CH-00084 Trial Court Judge: Dewey C. Whitenton	Tipton	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
02A01-9803-CV- 02A01-9803-CV- Trial Court Judge: John R. Mccarroll, Jr.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Nancy Knight vs. Henry Knight 02A01-9804-CH-00094 Trial Court Judge: John Walton West	Carroll	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Estate of Jones Bowden 02A01-9805-PB-00127 Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Benham	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
William Cuzick vs. Cavat Bass 02A01-9809-CV-00244 Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III	Tipton	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Parnell Webb vs. Ned/Mary Poynter 02A01-9707-CV-00168 Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III	Lauderdale	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
John J. Villanueva, v. Tennessee Department of Correction 01A01-9803-CH-00143 Authoring Judge: Judge Patricia J. Cottrell Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle This appeal involves a state prisoner's challenge to his continued incarceration. The prisoner contends that he is entitled to the benefit of the 1989 Sentencing Reform Act’s allegedly lesser sentence for the crime of which he was convicted, rather than the life sentence imposed upon him as a habitual offender at the time of his conviction in 1987. The trial court granted the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment dismissing the prisoner's petition. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Randolph vs. Poteet 01A01-9808-JV-00419		Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Hensley vs. TDOC 01A01-9712-CH-00747 Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Randolph vs. Poteet 01A01-9808-JV-00419 Trial Court Judge: Nolan R. Goolsby	Putnam	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
In re: The Estate of Janet Gail Levine March, Absentee 01A01-9708-PB-00437 Trial Court Judge: Frank G. Clement, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Coleman vs. State 01A01-9805-BC-00239 Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Jona McCracken vs. City of Millington 02A01-9707-CV-00165 Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Lynn/Rhonda Harris vs. Susan Thurmond 02A01-9803-CV-00074 Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Gregory Hill vs. City of Germantown, TN 02A01-9803-CV-00078 Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Childers	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
Linda Lee vs. Vincent Askew 02A01-9805-JV-00133 Trial Court Judge: A. V. Mcdowell	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
William L. Hatley, III, v. Joseph L. McDaniel 02A01-9806-CH-00162 Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Walton West This is a suit for specific performance of a real estate contract. Defendant, Joseph McDaniel, a.k.a. John O. Smith, appeals from the order of the trial court in favor of the Plaintiffs, William L. Hatley, III and Tami R. Hatley.	Benton	Court of Appeals	03/17/99
03C01-9601-CC-00009 03C01-9601-CC-00009 Trial Court Judge: Arden L. Hill	Washington	Court of Appeals	03/16/99
State vs. Nathan Lee Colquit 03C01-9706-CR-00198 Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil	Hamilton	Court of Appeals	03/16/99
Howse vs. State 01A01-9809-BC-00489 Trial Court Judge: Thomas Stovall		Court of Appeals	03/12/99
Griffin vs. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. 01A01-9712-CH-00700 Trial Court Judge: Ben H. Cantrell		Court of Appeals	03/12/99
Rogers vs. State 01A01-9803-BC-00160		Court of Appeals	03/12/99
Knoble vs. Taylor 01A01-9803-CH-00153 Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.		Court of Appeals	03/12/99