01A01-9608-BC-00359
01A01-9608-BC-00359
Trial Court Judge: William C. Koch

01A01-9603-CH-00098
01A01-9603-CH-00098

Carl E. Jordan, v. Tennessee Board of Paroles, et al.
01A01-9607-CH-00347
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

An inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to challenge the Parole Board’s refusal to grant him parole. The Chancery Court dismissed the Petition for failure to comply with the time limitations for filing. We affirm the dismissal on the alternate ground of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

01A01-9606-CH-00256
01A01-9606-CH-00256
Trial Court Judge: Henry F. Todd

01A01-9606-CH-00256
01A01-9606-CH-00256

01A01-9606-CH-00278
01A01-9606-CH-00278
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

01A01-9606-CH-00279
01A01-9606-CH-00279
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Seffernick vs. St. Thomas Hospital
01A01-9606-CV-00282

03C01-9604-CC-00156
03C01-9604-CC-00156

03C01-9604-CC-00156
03C01-9604-CC-00156

03A01-9512-CH-00453
03A01-9512-CH-00453

03A01-9606-CV-00181
03A01-9606-CV-00181

02A01-9507-CV-00156
02A01-9507-CV-00156
Trial Court Judge: Charles A. Sevier

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

01S01-9603-CV-00049
01S01-9603-CV-00049

03C01-9511-CC-00372
03C01-9511-CC-00372
Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

03C01-9602-CR-00072
03C01-9602-CR-00072
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

03C01-9509-CC-00265
03C01-9509-CC-00265
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

03A01-9608-PB-00254
03A01-9608-PB-00254

Michael Morat, Individually, and Morat's Insurance Agency, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
02A01-9412-CV-00270
Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Trial Court Judge: Judge Wyeth Chandler

In this action for malicious prosecution, the Trial Judge granted the defendant summary judgment, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Clyde Tull v. Paul Wilson
02A01-9601-CH-00020
Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Trial Court Judge: Judge Joe C. Morris

In this action the plaintiff sought extraordinary relief to prevent defendant from nterfering with plaintiff's use of a roadway, and for damages for past interference.

Torrence Johnson v. Stephen Dotson, W
W2006-01344-CCA-R3-HC
Authoring Judge: Judge J. C. McLin
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

03C01-9508-CC-00251
03C01-9508-CC-00251

Eastera Bell Porter, Individually and as Surviving Spouse and Next Friend of Jasper D. Porter, Deceased, v. Jess McGee, M.D. and Methodis Hospitals of Memphis, Inc., and Mahfuzur Rahman, M.D.
02A01-9509-CV-00204
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert A. Lanier

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion filed by Appellant, Eastera Bell Porter, individually and as surviving spouse and next friend of Jasper D. Porter, deceased, under Rule 60 T.R.C.P., to set aside the summary judgments entered in favor of the appellees, Jesse McGee, M.D. and Methodist Hospitals of Memphis (Methodist). After review of the record, we find an absence of abuse by the trial court in this regard and affirm. We set forth our reasons below.

James T. Morris, v. The Board of Education of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools - Dissenting
01A01-9605-CH-00247
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.

The Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education and the teachers union are attempting to use this case as a vehicle to resolve whether Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-7- 105 (Supp. 1996) permits the board to use administrative law judges in Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-512 (1996) hearings concerning the termination of tenured teachers. The court has decided to address this issue on its merits even though the teacher involved in this case is non-tenured and is not entitled to a hearing before the board. I cannot agree that we should decide this question at this time. It would be more appropriate to delay addressing the issue until we are presented with a concrete case or controversy. The doctrine of justiciability prompts the courts to stay their hand in cases that do not involve a genuine and existing controversy requiring the present adjudication of present rights. State ex rel. Lewis v. State, 208 Tenn. 534, 537, 347 S.W.2d 47, 48 (1961); Dockery v. Dockery, 559 S.W.2d 952, 954 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1977). In accordance with the doctrine, our courts routinely decline to render advisory opinions, Super Flea Market of Chattanooga v. Olsen, 677 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tenn. 1984); Parks v. Alexander, 608 S.W.2d 881, 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1980), or to decide abstract legal questions. State ex rel. Lewis v. State, 208 Tenn. at 538, 347 S.W.2d at 48-49.