COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

United Steelworkers of America vs. Air Pollution Control Board
01A01-9605-CH-00235
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Janet Arwood Sartain, et al vs. John Ross Sartain
E1999-00556-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David Michael Swiney
Trial Court Judge: T. E. Fogerty

Jefferson Court of Appeals

Allen Lawrence vs. Town of Brighton
02A01-9801-CV-00020
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

Tipton Court of Appeals

Margaret Barnes vs. Bright Glade Home
02A01-9801-CV-00011
Trial Court Judge: Kay S. Robilio

Shelby Court of Appeals

Becky Sanders vs. George Gray/John Curtis
02A01-9710-CV-00268
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

Tipton Court of Appeals

Lance vs. Lance
01A01-9801-CV-00036
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Sumner Court of Appeals

Bob T. Souder v. Health Partners, Inc. - Concurring
02A01-9712-CH-00321
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Joe C. Morris

This case involves a contract arbitration clause and the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (Act). Defendant, Health Partners, Inc. (HP), appeals the Chancellor’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration and granting the Plaintiff’s, Dr. Bob T. Souder, M.D. (Souder), motion for judgment on the pleadings.

Madison Court of Appeals

Smith vs. Kelley
01A01-9711-CH-00657
Trial Court Judge: Henry Denmark Bell

Williamson Court of Appeals

Griffin vs. Griffin
01A01-9802-CH-00084
Trial Court Judge: Carol A. Catalano

Montgomery Court of Appeals

01A01-9709-CH-00557
01A01-9709-CH-00557
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Davidson Court of Appeals

Thompson vs. Thompson
01A01-9712-CV-00695
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Sumner Court of Appeals

Loyal Featherstone Constru. vs. Robert Coleman
02A01-9709-CH-00213
Trial Court Judge: C. Neal Small

Shelby Court of Appeals

State vs. Looper
M1999-00662-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Robert M. Summitt

Putnam Court of Appeals

Ledford vs. Ledford
01A01-9701-CH-00029
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton

Lawrence Court of Appeals

Hobbs vs. Hobbs
01A01-9801-CV-00015
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Sequatchie Court of Appeals

Coker vs. State Claims Comm
01A01-9806-BC-00318

Court of Appeals

G. Winston Gragg vs. Nellie Gragg
02A01-9804-CV-00108
Trial Court Judge: Kay S. Robilio

Shelby Court of Appeals

Roger Brown vs. City of Memphis
02A01-9803-CV-00069
Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier

Shelby Court of Appeals

Young vs. Young
01A01-9801-CH-00047
Trial Court Judge: John W. Rollins

Coffee Court of Appeals

Ford vs. Ford
01A01-9611-CV-00536
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

Davidson Court of Appeals

Holifield vs. Campbell
01A01-9806-CH-00291
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Davidson Court of Appeals

The Sherwin Williams Company, v. Ruth E. Johnson, Commissioner of Revenue, State of Tennessee
01A01-9711-CH-00651
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Plaintiff Sherwin-Williams Company, filed suit pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 67-1-1802 seeking a refund of corporate excise taxes with respect to tax years 1987, 1989, and 1990. The appeal presents three questions, to wit:

 

Davidson Court of Appeals

Lynn vs. Blue
01A01-9712-CH-00704
Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace

Humphreys Court of Appeals

Beal vs. Sloan
01A01-9801-CV-00024
Trial Court Judge: Barbara N. Haynes

Davidson Court of Appeals

Frederick B. Ingram v. William F. Earthman
01A01-9510-CH-00439
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

This appeal involves a dispute between two former friends and business associates over a sizeable personal debt. After one of the friends failed to repay a $1,700,000 loan, the friend who had loaned the money filed suit in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking to recover the loan and interest. The borrower asserted that the lender had delayed too long in filing suit and counterclaimed for allegedly unpaid compensation and retirement benefits. A jury awarded the lender $5,667,122.84 on the debt, and the trial court, with the parties’ consent, awarded the lender an additional $400,000 for his legal expenses. On this appeal, the borrower raises numerous issues relating to the denial of his motions for directed verdict, the adequacy of the jury instructions, the instructions limiting the use of the evidence of the lender’s prior criminal conviction, and the excessiveness of the verdict. We have determined that the judgment should be affirmed.

Davidson Court of Appeals