APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

03C01-9901-CR-00032

03C01-9901-CR-00032

Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/15/00
03C01-9904-CC-00144

03C01-9904-CC-00144

Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle
Sevier County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/15/00
State vs. Walker

M1996-00046-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Originating Judge:James L. Weatherford
Maury County Supreme Court 02/14/00
William Wyatt v. Board of Paroles

M1999-00472-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a state prisoner and the Tennessee Board of Paroles over the Board's decision not to parole him in 1998. The Circuit Court for Davidson County dismissed the prisoner's petition for common-law writ of certiorari, and the prisoner perfected this appeal. While his appeal was pending, the prisoner was released from the Department of Correction after serving the two sentences for which he had been incarcerated. Accordingly, we have determined that this appeal is now moot because the prisoner has been released from custody. Therefore, we vacate the trial court's order and remand the case with directions to dismiss the prisoner's petition.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Soloman
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/14/00
Norton vs. McCaskill

W1997-00151-SC-R11-CV
Authoring Judge: Justice Frank F. Drowota, III
Supreme Court 02/14/00
State vs. Aimee Lynn Wolfe

E1999-01219-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
Blount County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/14/00
McConnell vs. State

M1997-00163-SC-R11-PC
Authoring Judge: Justice William M. Barker
Supreme Court 02/14/00
Moss vs. Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr.

M1999-01321-COA-R3-CV
Pro se Plaintiff appeals the dismissal by the trial court of his case on the basis of failure to assert a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm the action of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/14/00
Jabari Mandela v. Donal Campbell

M1998-00208-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the Department's mail policy. After the Department returned two packages addressed to him to their respective senders and denied his request for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment that the Department's policy should have been promulgated as a rule under Tennessee's Uniform Administrative Procedures Act and that returning the packages was inconsistent with the warden's statutory obligation to "receive" an incarcerated prisoner's property. The trial court upheld the policy and its application to the prisoner, and the prisoner has appealed. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/14/00
Lyons vs. Farmers Insurance, et al

M1999-00160-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Williamson County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
Bomar vs. TN Dept. of Mental Health

M1999-00951-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
The Realty Assoc., et al, vs. Richter/Dial Builders, Inc., et al

M1997-00168-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Henry D. Bell
Williamson County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
Kanbi vs. Sousa

M1999-00025-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Soloman
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
Ground For a Petition To Rehear. See Nashville v. State Board of Equalization, 210 Tenn. 587, 618,

E1999-01964-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:Rex H. Ogle
Sevier County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/11/00
Parkey vs. Parkey

M1999-00015-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Originating Judge:Thomas Goodall
Sumner County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
Williams vs. Berube & Assoc., et al

M1998-00802-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:Jeffrey F. Stewart
Marion County Court of Appeals 02/11/00
State vs. Wayne Leroy Evans

E1999-00384-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:Phyllis H. Miller
Sullivan County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
W1999-1977-CCA-R3-CD

W1999-1977-CCA-R3-CD

Originating Judge:Joseph B. Dailey
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
State vs. Wanda Bledsoe

W1999-00072-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison
Madison County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
State vs. Brandon Bills

W1999-01468-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Hardeman County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
Also State v. Mixon, 983 S.W.2D 661, 668-71 (Tenn. 1999). As a Result, The Trial Court

W1999-00241-CCA-R3-CD
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
Christopher Scott Wells, v. Betty Sue Wells

M1998-00748-COA-R3-CV

Christopher Scott Wells (“Father”) and Betty Sue Wells (“Mother”) divorced in October 1997. By the terms of their Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), the parties had joint custody of the two children with Mother as primary custodian. Shortly after the MDA was accepted by the court, Father changed his mind. He sought custody of the children based on Mother’s relationships with men. The trial court found no change in circumstances and left custody with Mother. Because of evidence of the children’s altered behavior during their visit with Father, we find it necessary to remand the case to the trial court for a determination of the best interests of the children, including the comparative fitness of the parents at the time of the hearing on remand.

Authoring Judge: Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Judge John Rollins
Coffee County Court of Appeals 02/10/00
State vs. John M. Johnson

W1999-00679-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Joseph H. Walker, III
Tipton County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
03C01-9905-CR-00200

03C01-9905-CR-00200
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00
State vs. Frank Massengill

W1999-02434-CCA-R3-CD
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/10/00