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Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Richard Dinkins

Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Melissa Blackburn

Judge Dinkins, Judge Blackburn Named to Metro Nashville’s Policing Policy Commission

August 14, 2020

Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Richard Dinkins has been named co-chair and Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Melissa…

August 6, 2020 Judicial Election Results

August 7, 2020

On August 6 state/federal primary and state/county general elections were held in Tennessee. The state and county general elections included a number of judicial races. These judicial races were generally to fill the remaining terms of judges who left office early due to retirement or other…

Tennessee Supreme Court Vacates Temporary Injunction, Leaving In Place State’s Revised Interpretation Of Law Limiting Absentee Voting In Elections After August 6, 2020 Election

August 5, 2020

Today, the Tennessee Supreme Court vacated the temporary injunction entered by the Davidson County Chancery Court, which, in part, required the State to provide an absentee ballot to any eligible voter validly seeking to vote by mail to avoid transmission or contraction of COVID-19 for all…