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September 22, 2014
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that a statute requiring lawsuits by inmates to be brought in the county where they were incarcerated does not apply to inmates housed in a privately operated correctional facility.Sandy Eugene Womack is serving sentences for armed…
September 18, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a portion of a contract in which a Tennessee woman agreed to act as a surrogate mother for an Italian couple who were unable to have children on their own.The Italian couple, referred to as the “intended parents,” contacted the surrogate through a surrogacy…
September 17, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for a West Tennessee man who was convicted of first degree murder and kidnapping, among other crimes.John T. Freeland, Jr. kidnapped at gunpoint a 61-year-old woman outside the Fred’s store in Henderson, southeast of Jackson, in 2009. Mr.…
September 17, 2014
Dignitaries from across the state gathered in Knoxville Wednesday to mark the formal investiture of Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee.Gov. Bill Haslam administered the oath of office to Chief Justice Lee, who was surrounded by her family in the Courtroom of the Tennessee Supreme…
September 16, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments will consider 6 applicants when it meets September 30 in Franklin to select nominees for the circuit court vacancy in the 21st Judicial District, which serves Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties.The vacancy has been created by the…
September 16, 2014
Gov. Bill Haslam will administer the oath of office to Justice Holly Kirby, the newest member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, in an investiture ceremony in Memphis this Friday, September 19.
The event, starting at 10:15 a.m., will be held in the Historic Courtroom on the third floor of the…
September 15, 2014
Herbert H. Slatery, III will be the next Attorney General and Reporter of Tennessee, the Supreme Court announced this morning in Nashville.Slatery, of Nashville, has served as Gov. Bill Haslam’s chief counsel since 2011. Prior to that, he was an attorney at a Knoxville law firm for 30 years.“He is…
September 13, 2014
The members of the Tennessee Supreme Court plan to announce their choice for Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter at 11 a.m. Monday, September 15, 2014 in Nashville.The formal announcement comes after a week in which the Court held public hearings as well as public and personal interviews of…
September 12, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that a hotel guest cannot recover from the hotel’s owner for injuries sustained when a bench collapsed in a handicap-accessible shower because the hotel builder improperly installed the bench and the owner was not aware that the installation was defective.…
September 11, 2014
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee will be formally invested into the role of Chief Justice by Gov. Bill Haslam at a ceremony in Knoxville Wednesday, September 17.The investiture will take place at 1 p.m. EDT in the Historic Post Office Building, Tennessee Supreme Court, 505 Main Street…
September 10, 2014
The Governor’s Commission on Judicial Appointments met on September 10, 2014 in Memphis to hold a public hearing and conduct interviews of candidates for the Chancellor vacancy in the 30th Judicial District.After interviewing the candidates and conducting a vote, the Commission has submitted the…
September 10, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a trial court’s decision to designate a teenage boy’s mother as his primary residential parent.The boy and his teenage sister were living in Richmond, Virginia with their parents when the parents decided to separate in 2011. His mother anticipated moving…
September 8, 2014
Six applicants for the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter position will be moving on to a second round of interviews before the Tennessee Supreme Court.The Court spent more than five hours Monday conducting a public hearing and interviews of the eight attorneys who applied for the job. The…
September 4, 2014
Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Lee addressed hundreds of Knoxville-area attorneys at the annual Knoxville Bar Association Supreme Court Dinner Wednesday night.Chief Justice Lee spoke about the many changes in the judiciary on the heels of the August 7 election and also threw her…
September 3, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a 30-day suspension for Nashville attorney William Caldwell Hancock for his conduct in a bankruptcy case, which included sending an email to the judge calling him “a bully and clown.”The disciplinary action against Mr. Hancock was originated by the Board of…
September 2, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court will conduct public hearings and interviews Sept. 8, 2014 of the eight applicants for Attorney General and Reporter.
The meetings will be held in Nashville at Legislative Plaza, Room HR16, 301 6th Ave N, Nashville, 37243 starting at 9 a.m. CDT. Each candidate is…
September 2, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court – Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties. The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Judge Robert Holloway to the Tennessee…
August 29, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict denying recovery for a railroad employee who claimed he was injured as the result of a faulty railroad switch. Andrew Spencersued Norfolk Southern Railway after injuring his back on May 16, 2010, when he threw a switch in an effort to move a…
August 29, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has received eight applications for the position of Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter.The Court plans to meet Tuesday, September 2 to finalize details for the selection process and has tentatively scheduled a public hearing and interviews in Nashville the week of…
August 27, 2014
Appellate, trial, general sessions, juvenile, and municipal judges from across the state of Tennessee attended a weeklong training earlier this month in Murfreesboro.More than 100 judges participated in the sessions as students or teachers, which included information on transitioning from a law…