In Re: Estate of George C. Vincent
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Campbell | Supreme Court | |
John Doe v. Jane Doe
The petitioner, an attorney identified as John Doe, filed a petition for contempt alleging violations by the respondent, an attorney identified as Jane Doe, of the confidentiality requirement of Rule 9, section 25 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Court directed the parties to address as a threshold matter the constitutionality of Rule 9, section 25. After considering the arguments of the parties, the Attorney General and amicus curiae, and analyzing the applicable law, we hold that section 25 of Rule 9 violates free speech protections of Article I, section 19 of the Tennessee Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. We further conclude that sanctions for criminal contempt are not appropriate under the circumstances of this case. Accordingly, the petition for contempt is denied. |
Jackson | Supreme Court | |
State of Tennessee v. Gussie Willis Vann - Dissenting
I agree with the majority’s resolution of every issue in this case but one: the effect of the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on second-degree murder. The majority concludes that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the offense of second-degree murder is not error because the evidence in the record does not support that offense. Because I find the evidence can indeed support a conviction of seconddegree murder, I respectfully dissent. |
McMinn | Supreme Court | |
Robert L. Delaney v. Brook Thompson, et al.
This Court has been appointed by the Governor to decide the case of Delaney v. Thompson, et al., in which the plaintiff challenges the constitutionality of the uniquely statutory merit selection system for appellate judges called the Tennessee Plan. Rather than contend with the constitutional issues, the majority, deciding this case by statutory construction, utilizes a construction which reflects neither the meaning of the statute nor the positions of the parties. In doing so, the majority opinion neither clarifies issues of importance to the electorate and judiciary, nor discourages future litigation on the same issues. |
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April Wallace, Vickie Guinn, et al., v. National Bank of Commerce, et al.
This case presents for review the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the trial court's award of summary judgment for the defendants. The trial court found that the |
Shelby | Supreme Court | |
Deborah Lorraine Brooks v. Rickey Lamar Brooks - Dissenting
It is apparent that this Court has based its finding that Mr. Brooks is willfully and voluntarily underemployed simply on the fact that he, at one time, was more lucratively employed. Simply because a parent is not as lucratively employed as during the marriage, or for a time thereafter, no automatic inference that he or she is willfully and voluntarily underemployed should be drawn. We must remain cognizant of a parent’s right as a citizen to the pursuit of happiness and to the freedom to make reasonable employment decisions, while at the same time heeding the duty to support. |
Knox | Supreme Court | |
Dorothy Owens, as Conservator of Mary Francis King, et al. v. National Health Corporation, et al.
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Rutherford | Supreme Court | |
M2001-01866-CCA-R3-DD
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Supreme Court | ||
01C01-9606-CR-00230
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Supreme Court | ||
State of Tennessee v. John R. Farner, Jr.
The State of Tennessee has filed a petition to rehear asking this Court to reconsider certain |
Sullivan | Supreme Court |