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September 10, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a trial court’s decision to designate a teenage boy’s mother as his primary residential parent.The boy and his teenage sister were living in Richmond, Virginia with their parents when the parents decided to separate in 2011. His mother anticipated moving…
September 8, 2014
Six applicants for the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter position will be moving on to a second round of interviews before the Tennessee Supreme Court.The Court spent more than five hours Monday conducting a public hearing and interviews of the eight attorneys who applied for the job. The…
September 4, 2014
Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Lee addressed hundreds of Knoxville-area attorneys at the annual Knoxville Bar Association Supreme Court Dinner Wednesday night.Chief Justice Lee spoke about the many changes in the judiciary on the heels of the August 7 election and also threw her…
September 3, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a 30-day suspension for Nashville attorney William Caldwell Hancock for his conduct in a bankruptcy case, which included sending an email to the judge calling him “a bully and clown.”The disciplinary action against Mr. Hancock was originated by the Board of…
September 2, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court will conduct public hearings and interviews Sept. 8, 2014 of the eight applicants for Attorney General and Reporter.
The meetings will be held in Nashville at Legislative Plaza, Room HR16, 301 6th Ave N, Nashville, 37243 starting at 9 a.m. CDT. Each candidate is…
September 2, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court – Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties. The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Judge Robert Holloway to the Tennessee…
August 29, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict denying recovery for a railroad employee who claimed he was injured as the result of a faulty railroad switch. Andrew Spencersued Norfolk Southern Railway after injuring his back on May 16, 2010, when he threw a switch in an effort to move a…
August 29, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has received eight applications for the position of Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter.The Court plans to meet Tuesday, September 2 to finalize details for the selection process and has tentatively scheduled a public hearing and interviews in Nashville the week of…
August 27, 2014
Appellate, trial, general sessions, juvenile, and municipal judges from across the state of Tennessee attended a weeklong training earlier this month in Murfreesboro.More than 100 judges participated in the sessions as students or teachers, which included information on transitioning from a law…
August 26, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that a fund established to allow governmental entities to pool financial resources for purposes of providing liability coverage is not insurance and is not subject to uninsured motorist laws.The decision comes in a case that involved an Anderson County…
August 26, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 21st Judicial District –Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties. The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Judge Timothy Easter to the Tennessee Court of…
August 25, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments will consider 15 applicants when it meets September 10 in Memphis to select nominees for the chancery court vacancy in the 30th Judicial District, which serves Shelby County.The vacancy was created by the appointment of Chancellor Kenny Armstrong…
August 22, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Noura Jackson, a Shelby County woman convicted of the second degree murder of her mother, Jennifer Jackson, because the Court found there were constitutional errors made in the course of the proceedings.The Court explained that during the 2009…
August 22, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the chancellor vacancy in the 30th Judicial District Chancery Court (Shelby County). The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Chancellor Kenny Armstrong to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, effective…
August 21, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Robert Lee Holloway Jr. of Columbia to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Section.Holloway, 62, replaces Judge Jeff Bivins, who was recently appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Holloway has been a Circuit Court judge for the 22nd…
August 21, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a post-conviction petitioner may be entitled to subpoena his co-defendants as witnesses, but only if he can first demonstrate that the co-defendants are competent witnesses whose testimony is relevant to his claims.In 2009, Quantel Taylor pled guilty to…
August 20, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Judge Timothy Lee Easter of Brentwood to the Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Section, replacing Judge Jerry L. Smith, who is retiring.Easter’s appointment becomes effective September 1.More information is available…
August 18, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a Memphis attorney’s 60-day suspension from the practice of law for his behavior during a trial.Attorney R. Sadler Bailey was representing a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case in 2008. On the opening day of trial, in a case that already had become…
August 18, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that the State Constitution, like the United States Constitution, requires the government to compensate private property owners when governmental decisions, restrictions, or regulations take or interfere with private property interests.The lawsuit was brought…
August 15, 2014
An investiture ceremony honoring Judge Robert H. Montgomery, Jr as he joins the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals will take place at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 in Kingsport.Gov. Bill Haslam will give the oath of office to Judge Montgomery at the Kingsport Renaissance Center Theater.…