Opinions

State of Tennessee v. Marico Finnie
W2004-02166-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: John P. Colton, Jr.

Mark Matlock D/B/A MSM Development vs. Lenoir City Board of Zoning
03A01-9904-CV-00132

Perkins vs. Dept. of Employment Security & Sports Belle, Inc.
03A01-9903-CH-00106

King vs. Jowers
W1999-00984-SC-S10-CV

W1998-00455-CCA-MR3-CD
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Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

State vs. Dennis Bondon
W1999-01686-CCA-R3-CD

Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft

03C01-9810-CR-00376
03C01-9810-CR-00376

Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

03A01-9903-CH-00120
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03A01-9902-CH-00045

Kim Nuchols (Walker) vs. Benny Nuchols
03A01-9901-GS-00007

White (Deerman) vs. White
M1999-00005-COA-R3-CV

Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace

Moore vs. Moore
M1999-01680-COA-R3-CV

Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

Continental Land Co. vs. Investment Properties Co.
M1998-00431-COA-R3-CV

Slate vs. State
M1998-00434-COA-R3-CV

Davis vs. Dept. of Employment Security
M1996-00021-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Brandt

15th Jud. Dist. Unified Bar Assoc. vs. Glasgow
M1996-00020-COA-R3-CV

Trial Court Judge: C. K. Smith

Davis vs. Dept. of Employment Security
M1996-00021-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Brandt

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Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Westside Health and Raquet Club, Inc., v. Jefferson Financial Services, Inc.
E1998-00412-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Thomas R. Frierson

Westside Health & Racquet Club, Inc. (“Westside”) filed this action against Jefferson Financial Services, Inc. (“ Jefferson”). Westside’s theory of its claim -- which theory was adopted by the trial court -- is that Westside’s transfer to Jefferson, over time, of some 495 installment sales
contracts was, in each case, part and parcel of a usurious loan made by Jefferson to Westside, rather than a sale of the contract. The trial court awarded Westside damages of $68,519.71 for usurious interest, which was enhanced by a further award of pre-judgment interest pursuant to T.C.A. § 47-14-123 (1995)1. Jefferson appeals, raising several issues. The issue that we will focus on can be stated thusly: Does the Retail Installment Sales Act, T.C.A. § 47-11-101, et seq., (“ the Act”) operate to exempt the dealings between these parties from Tennessee’s usury statutes?

Victor James Cazes v. State of Tennessee
W1998-00386-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: Judge Chris Craft

The petitioner, Victor James Cazes, appeals as of right from the order of the Shelby County Criminal Court denying him post-conviction relief from his 1990 convictions for felony murder,  aggravated rape and first degree burglary. The petitioner was sentenced to death for the murder conviction and received twenty-five-year and six-year sentences, respectively, for the aggravated rape and burglary convictions. The judgments of conviction were affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Cazes, 875 S.W.2d 253 (Tenn. 1994). In this post-conviction appeal, the petitioner raises the  following issues:

State of Tennessee, et al., Coretta Scott King, v. Lloyd Jowers
W1999-00984-COA-R10-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Judge James F. Swearengen

On December 1, 1999, the State of Tennessee on behalf of the appellants Judge James Beasley, Judge Robert T. Dwyer and Mark Glankler, filed a Rule 10 T.R.A.P. application for Page 1 extraordinary appeal. Specifically, the State sought to set aside the trial court’s order denying the State’s motion to quash the subpoenas served on the aforementioned appellants.