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Oral Argument Dockets

Upcoming oral arguments for the appellate courts.

Wednesday, November 6

Tandy Ray King v. Monsanto Company, et al.
November 6, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
In Re Remington G.
November 6, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
Vanessa Faddoul v. Edward James Beyer
November 6, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
State of Tennessee v. Pervis Tyrone Payne
November 6, 2024 - 01:00pm
Supreme Court
Western Section

Thursday, November 7

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County v. Bill Le et al.
November 7, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
Home Service Oil Company v. Thomas Baker
November 7, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
John Pirtle d/b/a Third Coast Builders v. The Tunney Group, LLC et al.
November 7, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
Clint Johnson v. Airtight Resources Inc. et al.
November 7, 2024 - 09:00am
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
Jeremy Wayne Long v. Candice O'Brien Beasley et al.
November 7, 2024 - 01:00pm
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
Kedalo Construction, LLC et al. v. Linda Duygul Ward et al.
November 7, 2024 - 01:00pm
Court of Appeals
Middle Section
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Proposed Rules

The Supreme Court proposes changes to court system rules and solicits feedback from the bench, bar and public. Below are current proposals and comment deadlines.


Rule 5.02: Supreme Court's order soliciting written comments to proposed amendments of Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure ADM2022-01198
Date Filed: 08/31/22
Comment Deadline: 12/02/22

Rule 5.02: Comments to Proposed Amendments to Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure ADM2022-01198
Date Filed: 11/18/22
Comment Deadline: 12/02/22

ORDER Soliciting Written Comments to 2025 Rule Package Amendments DM2024-01134
Date Filed: 09/23/24
Comment Deadline: 11/19/24
Rule 6: Admission of Attorneys.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 6- ADM2018-00713
Date Filed: 04/19/18
Comment Deadline: 06/18/18
Rule 6: Admission of Attorneys.
Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 6- ADM2018-00713
Date Filed: 04/19/18
Comment Deadline: 06/18/18
Rule 6: Admission of Attorneys.
Supreme Court Order Extending Comment Period to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 6- ADM2018-00713 to July 18, 2018
Date Filed: 05/30/18
Comment Deadline: 07/18/18
Rule 6: Admission of Attorneys.
Supreme Court Order Regarding Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 6- ADM2018-00713
Date Filed: 09/07/18
Comment Deadline: 06/18/18
Rule 7: Licensing of Attorneys.
Comments to Proposed Amendments to SCT Rule 7, Section 5.01(c)(1) ADM2022-00522
Date Filed: 05/24/22
Comment Deadline: 08/12/22
Rule 7: Licensing of Attorneys.
SCT Order Granting BLE Response to be filed on or before August 19, 2022 - SCT Rule 7, Section 5.01(c)(1) ADM2022-00522
Date Filed: 06/14/22
Comment Deadline: 08/19/22
Rule 7: Licensing of Attorneys.
SCT Order Granting The Network of Enlightened Women comments to be filed on or before August 12, 2022 - SCT Rule 7, Section 5.01(c)(1) ADM2022-00522
Date Filed: 07/06/22
Comment Deadline: 08/12/22
Rule 7: Licensing of Attorneys.
Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rules 6 & 7 - ADM2022-01449
Date Filed: 01/18/23
Comment Deadline: 01/20/23
Rule 8: Rules of Professional Conduct.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments - SCT Rule 8, RPC 8.3(c) & Rule 10, RJC 2.15 & RJC 2.16(A) - ADM2016-1250
Date Filed: 06/23/16
Comment Deadline: 07/25/16
Rule 8: Rules of Professional Conduct.
Comments to Proposed Amendments to Supreme Court - Rule 8, RPC 8.3(c) & Rule 10, RJC 2.15 & RJC 2.16(A) - ADM2016-1250
Date Filed: 06/23/16
Comment Deadline: 07/25/16
Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rules 9 & 25 ADM2022-00281
Date Filed: 03/11/22
Comment Deadline: 06/10/22
Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement.
Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rules 9 & 25 ADM2022-00281
Date Filed: 03/11/22
Comment Deadline: 06/10/22
Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement.
Supreme Court Order Amending Rules 9 and 25
Date Filed: 09/21/22
Comment Deadline: 06/18/22
Rule 9: Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 9 - ADMIN2023 - 01437
Comments to Proposed Amendment of SCT Rule 9 - ADMIN2023 - 01437
Date Filed: 12/12/23
Comment Deadline: 12/12/23
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules
Comments to Rule 9 Section 10.1 - ORDER Amends Tenn.Sup.CT.R.9, SECTION 10.1 - ADM2024-00922
Date Filed: 06/28/24
Comment Deadline: 06/26/24
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules
ORDER soliciting comments to proposed amendments to Rules 9 and 33 of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Date Filed: 10/04/24
Comment Deadline: 11/08/24
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules
COMMENTS to proposed amendments to Rules 9 and 33, Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court ADM2024-01525
Date Filed: 10/10/24
Comment Deadline: 11/08/24
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules
Rule 9 Section 10.1 - ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 10.1 – under ADM2024-00922.
Date Filed: 11/04/24
Comment Deadline: 11/04/24
Rule 10: Code of Judicial Conduct.
Comments to Proposed Amendment to Supreme Court Rule 10 ADM2015-01092
Date Filed: 06/15/15
Comment Deadline: 08/14/15
Rule 10: Code of Judicial Conduct.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendment of Rule 10 - ADM2015-01092
Date Filed: 06/15/15
Comment Deadline: 08/14/15
Rule 10: Code of Judicial Conduct.
Comments to Supreme Court Order for the Adoption of SCT Rule 10C - ADM2018-02254
Date Filed: 12/20/18
Comment Deadline: 03/29/19
Rule 10: Code of Judicial Conduct.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to the Adoption of SCT Rule 10C - ADM2018-02254
Date Filed: 12/20/18
Comment Deadline: 03/29/19
Rule 10B: Disqualification or Recusal of a Judge; Filing and Disposition of Motions and Appeal.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendments to SCT Rule 10B - ADM2022-00355
Date Filed: 03/24/22
Comment Deadline: 05/23/22
Rule 10B: Disqualification or Recusal of a Judge; Filing and Disposition of Motions and Appeal.
Comments to Proposed Amendments to SCT Rule 10B - ADM2022-00355
Date Filed: 03/24/22
Comment Deadline: 05/23/22
Rule 10B: Disqualification or Recusal of a Judge; Filing and Disposition of Motions and Appeal.
Supreme Court Order Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10B - ADM2022-00355
Date Filed: 08/31/22
Comment Deadline:
Rule 10B: Disqualification or Recusal of a Judge; Filing and Disposition of Motions and Appeal.
Supreme Court ORDER Amending Rule 10B, 3.03 under ADM2024-01462
Date Filed: 10/01/24
Comment Deadline:
Rule 11: Supervision of the Judicial System.
CORRECTED ORDER - Amending Rule 11, Section V ("Circuit Justices") of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Date Filed: 10/08/05
Comment Deadline:
Rule 13: Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants
Supreme Court ORDER Amending Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants
Date Filed: 07/02/24
Comment Deadline: 05/06/24
Rule 13: Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants
Order Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13 ADM2024-00227
Date Filed: 10/04/24
Comment Deadline:
Rule 21: Rule for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendments of SCT Rule 21 - ADM2020-01728
Date Filed: 01/15/21
Comment Deadline: 05/17/21
Rule 21: Rule for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
Comments to Supreme Court Order to Proposed Amendments of SCT Rule 21 - ADM2020-01728
Date Filed: 01/15/21
Comment Deadline: 05/17/21
Rule 24: Trial Jurors.
Comment to the proposed amendment of Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure 24(f) under ADM2024-01134
Date Filed: 10/07/24
Comment Deadline: 11/19/24
Rule 25: Tennessee Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection.
Supreme Court Order Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 25, Section 5.01- ADM2022-01601
Date Filed: 11/17/22
Comment Deadline:
Rule 30: Media Guidelines.
Supreme Court Order Soliciting Comments to Proposed Amendment SCT Rule 30 - ADM2015-00451
Date Filed: 03/13/15
Comment Deadline: 08/14/15
Rule 30: Media Guidelines.
Comments to Proposed Amendment SCT Rule 30 ADM2015-00451
Date Filed: 03/13/15
Comment Deadline: 08/14/15
Rule 30: Form of Briefs and Other Papers.
Rules 30 & 31 - Proposed Amendment to Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure- ADM2023-01208
Date Filed: 01/11/23
Comment Deadline:
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation.
Rule 31: Supreme Court's order Reappointing Lori Thomas Reid and J. Marcus Rudolph to another three-year term, beginning January 10, 2023, and expiring January 9, 2026 - ADM2022-00001
Date Filed: 11/17/22
Comment Deadline:
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation.
Rule 31: Supreme Court ORDER soliciting written comments to proposed amendments to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(14)(g) - Filed November 18, 2022 under ADM2022-01538
Date Filed: 11/18/22
Comment Deadline: 01/17/23
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation.
Rule 31: Order Amending Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation ADM2022-01538
Date Filed: 02/08/23
Comment Deadline: 01/17/23
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation.
Rule 31 - ORDER Adopts Amended Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(A)(5)
Date Filed: 06/03/24
Comment Deadline: 08/02/24
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation.
ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(b) ADM2024-00714
Date Filed: 10/02/24
Comment Deadline:
Rule 43.01: Evidence at Trials.
Rule 43.01 - Proposed Amendment to Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure - ADM2023-01208
Date Filed: 01/11/24
Comment Deadline:
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