Press Releases

September 25, 2015

The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments met today to consider three applicants for the impending criminal court vacancy in the 9th Judicial District, which serves Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane counties. The seat will become vacant December 31, 2015, when Judge E. Eugene…



September 24, 2015

The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear two civil cases, two Board of Professional Responsibility cases and one death penalty case when it sits for oral arguments in Nashville October 1.

State v. Howard Hawk Willis –This death penalty case comes to the Supreme Court on a…



September 23, 2015

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holly Kirby spoke to students at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis last week as part of their Constitution Day celebration. The students sang the Preamble of the Constitution Song from Schoolhouse Rock.

Constitution Day is celebrated…