APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

Ronald McKinney vs. State, et al

M1999-02428-COA-R3-CV
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Halley Thompson

W2000-00315-CCA-RM-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison
Chester County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Bank of Gleason vs. Weakley Farmers

W1999-02161-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:William B. Acree
Weakley County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Jeff Utley v. Department of Corrections

M1999-01412-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Department of Correction regarding his punishment for two unrelated disciplinary offenses. On both occasions, the Department extended the prisoner's release eligibility date in accordance with versions of Tenn. Dep't Corr. Policy Index No. 502.02 issued after he committed the crimes for which he was incarcerated. The prisoner filed a complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's application of the later version of the policy to him violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the prisoner's complaint fails to state a colorable ex post facto claim under either the federal or state constitution. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's complaint.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Professional Engineering Services vs. City of Red Boiling Springs, TN

M1999-00342-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:C. K. Smith
Macon County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Deborah Ann hansen vs. Ole Hansen

E1999-02666-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Jacqueline E. Schulten
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV

M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Soloman
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Pryor vs. Willoughby

M1999-00668-COA-R3-CV
Richard Dietz, II, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Dietz, et al vs. Charles A. Keith , et al
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:C. K. Smith
Wilson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Feldman vs. TN Bd. of Medical Examiners

M1999-00474-COA-R7-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Corp., et al vs. Metro Gov't of Nashville

M1997-00212-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Bullington vs. Hudson

M1999-02772-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Betty Adams Green
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Hilda Light v. Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodridge

E1999-00256-WC-R3-CV
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant, Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodbridge Mental Health Hospital (hereafter "Frontier"), appeals an award to Hilda Light of sixty percent disability to the body as a whole. The issue is whether the trial court erred in basing an award to the body on an impairment rating for an upper extremity. We modify the award to thirty-six percent to the body as a whole.
Authoring Judge: Peoples, H.N., Sp. J.
Originating Judge:G. Richard Johnson, Chancellor
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/26/00
Donald Malone & Lynn Malone, d/b/a Malone & Son's Wrecker & Repair Service, LLC, vs. Associates Commercial Corporation

E2000-00220-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Originating Judge:John K. Wilson
Greene County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Howard vs. Thurman

M1998-00147-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Billy Joe White
Fentress County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Colbert vs. White

M1999-00087-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Sandra Metz vs. Monte Metz

W1999-00023-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Originating Judge:J. Steven Stafford
Dyer County Court of Appeals 04/25/00
State vs. Derrick Vernon, et al

W1998-00612-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:Arthur T. Bennett
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/25/00
Sandra Metz vs. Monte Metz

W1999-00023-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Originating Judge:J. Steven Stafford
Dyer County Court of Appeals 04/25/00
State vs. Robert Rainey

W1999-00692-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Hardin County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/25/00
Harold Wayne Nichols vs. State

E1998-00562-CCA-R3-PD
The petitioner filed petitions for post-conviction relief for his conviction for first degree felony murder and his sentence of death, as well as for a number of convictions for sexual attacks on four additional victims. The bases of his complaints were that he had ineffective assistance of counsel at both the guilt and punishment phases of his capital trial, as well as in the noncapital cases, two of which were resolved by pleas of guilty. Specifically, he claimed that counsel failed to adequately investigate and prepare his cases; failed to question the probable cause for his arrest; and failed to question whether his confessions were "false." He raised additional claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and claims regarding the unconstitutionality of the imposition of capital punishment. The post-conviction court denied the claims other than to order new sentencing hearings in the noncapital cases. The petitioner then timely appealed the post-conviction court's rulings, other than the ordering of new sentencing hearings. We have carefully reviewed the record and, based upon our review, we affirm the judgments of the post-conviction court.
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/25/00
State vs. Lisa Marie Garren

E1999-02420-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
Blount County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/25/00
W1999-00023-C0A-R3-CV

W1999-00023-C0A-R3-CV

Originating Judge:J. Steven Stafford
Dyer County Court of Appeals 04/25/00
W1999-00023-C0A-R3-CV

W1999-00023-C0A-R3-CV

Originating Judge:J. Steven Stafford
Dyer County Court of Appeals 04/25/00
Lacey A. Maine v. Wellmont Health System D/B/A Bristol

E1999-00389-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:John S. Mclellan, III
Sullivan County Court of Appeals 04/24/00
Richard Dietz, II, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Dietz, et al vs. Charles A. Keith , et al

E1999-00927-COA-R3-CV
Lacey A. Maine vs. Wellmont Health System d/b/a Bristol Regional Medical Center , et al
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Richard E. Ladd
Sullivan County Court of Appeals 04/24/00