COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

Trebing vs. Fleming Companies
M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Barbara N. Haynes

Davidson Court of Appeals

Jabari Mandela vs. Jim Rose, et al
M1999-02552-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Stella L. Hargrove
The trial court summarily dismissed the plaintiff pro se prisoner's complaint for lack of jurisdiction before service of process was had or response filed. Based on the record before us, we reverse.

Wayne Court of Appeals

Rocky Lee Coker vs. TN Dept. of Correction
M1999-02268-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy
An inmate in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction filed a petition for a declaratory judgment, claiming that his sentence reduction credits had been improperly calculated and that his "safety valve" release date had been wrongly cancelled. The trial court granted the state's motion for summary judgment and the petitioner appeals. We affirm.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Clifford Taylor vs. State, et al
M1999-02418-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Lewis vs. Caputo
E1999-01182-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: W. Frank Brown, III

Hamilton Court of Appeals

Karen Mundy vs. James Mundy
E1999-02697-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: John B. Hagler, Jr.

Bradley Court of Appeals

Penny Sue Mincy v. Charles David Mincy, Sr.
E1999-02304-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: William R. Brewer

Blount Court of Appeals

Groner vs. On-Site Grading
E1999-00219-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Howell N. Peoples

Hamilton Court of Appeals

Joe Dyer vs. Bd. of Paroles
M1999-00787-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Joe P. Dyer, a prison inmate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a writ of common law certiorari to review denial of parole. The trial court granted the respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment and we affirm the action of the trial court.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Rickey Moorman v. Dept of Correction
M1999-02675-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the calculation of his sentence credits and his release eligibility date. After unsuccessfully petitioning for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment regarding his entitlement to sentence credits as well as a determination that he was entitled to immediate release. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion to dismiss, and the prisoner has appealed. We affirm the trial court's conclusion that the prisoner's petition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Davidson Court of Appeals

David J. Williams v. Tennessee Department of Correction
M1999-01661-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 Department of Correction regarding the expiration date of his Class X life sentence for aggravated rape. After unsuccessfully petitioning the Department for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition for declaratory judgment in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's Disciplinary Punishment Guidelines require the Department to treat his life sentence as one that fully expires in thirty years. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the trial court properly determined that the prisoner had failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment dismissing the prisoner's complaint.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Jeff Utley v. Department of Corrections
M1999-01412-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 Department of Correction regarding his punishment for two unrelated disciplinary offenses. On both occasions, the Department extended the prisoner's release eligibility date in accordance with versions of Tenn. Dep't Corr. Policy Index No. 502.02 issued after he committed the crimes for which he was incarcerated. The prisoner filed a complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's application of the later version of the policy to him violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the prisoner's complaint fails to state a colorable ex post facto claim under either the federal or state constitution. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's complaint.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Henderson vs. Dept. of Safety
M1999-01911-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Kenneth Henderson appeals pro se from an order of the Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissing his case for failure to prosecute his petition for review under Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-5-322 under which he sought judicial review of a judgment of Administrative Law Judge Marian Wall, which judgment had become final on December 29, 1995 with petition for reconsideration being denied on January 28, 1996. We affirm the action of the trial judge.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Ronald McKinney vs. State, et al
M1999-02428-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Bank of Gleason vs. Weakley Farmers
W1999-02161-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree

Weakley Court of Appeals

Corp., et al vs. Metro Gov't of Nashville
M1997-00212-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Davidson Court of Appeals

Howard vs. Thurman
M1998-00147-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Billy Joe White

Fentress Court of Appeals

Colbert vs. White
M1999-00087-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

Davidson Court of Appeals

Professional Engineering Services vs. City of Red Boiling Springs, TN
M1999-00342-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: C. K. Smith

Macon Court of Appeals

Pryor vs. Willoughby
M1999-00668-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: C. K. Smith
Richard Dietz, II, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Dietz, et al vs. Charles A. Keith , et al

Wilson Court of Appeals

Feldman vs. TN Bd. of Medical Examiners
M1999-00474-COA-R7-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Bullington vs. Hudson
M1999-02772-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Betty Adams Green

Davidson Court of Appeals

M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV
M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Soloman

Davidson Court of Appeals

Deborah Ann hansen vs. Ole Hansen
E1999-02666-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Jacqueline E. Schulten

Hamilton Court of Appeals

Donald Malone & Lynn Malone, d/b/a Malone & Son's Wrecker & Repair Service, LLC, vs. Associates Commercial Corporation
E2000-00220-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Trial Court Judge: John K. Wilson

Greene Court of Appeals