Paula Van Slyke (Fleming) v. Philp Edward Fleming - Concurring
01-A-01-9504-CV-00178
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge Muriel Robinson

This case involves the question of whether a custodial parent may claim the benefit of changes in the child support guidelines promulgated after trial on her Petition for Increased Child Support, but before the trial court filed its Final Order. Because those changes were not raised in the  proceedings below, we decline to act on them here. Instead, we remand  the cause to the trial court for further proceedings.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Laura Patricia Cutsinger v. Charles Edward Cutsinger - Concurring
01A01-9504-CV-00148
Authoring Judge: Judge David R.Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer

In this divorce case, Charles Edward Cutsinger (Husband) has appealed the trial court's judgment which awarded Laura Patricia Cutsinger (Wife) a thirty percent (30%) interest as a seller in the contract of sale of Husband's chiropractic practice. Husband also has appealed the trial court's ruling which ordered Husband to indemnify Wife for any judgment that might arise as a result of an indebtedness for a pleasure boat purchased during the marriage.

Robertson Court of Appeals

03C01-9306-CR-00188
03C01-9306-CR-00188

Anderson Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9409-CR-00315
03C01-9409-CR-00315
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

Hamblen Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9412-CR-00448
03C01-9412-CR-00448
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

Knox Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9408-CR-00294
03C01-9408-CR-00294
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Blount Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9501-CR-00020
03C01-9501-CR-00020
Trial Court Judge: William R. Holt

Sevier Court of Criminal Appeals

01C01-9406-CC-00234
01C01-9406-CC-00234
Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee

Lincoln Court of Criminal Appeals

01C01-9409-CR-00315
01C01-9409-CR-00315

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

Cyril v. Fraser
01C01-9502-CR-00031
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9411-CR-00401
03C01-9411-CR-00401
Trial Court Judge: Stephen Morris Bevil

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
Trial Court Judge: Edgar P. Calhoun

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9412-CR-00286
02C01-9412-CR-00286
Trial Court Judge: L. Terry Lafferty

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9311-CR-00365
03C01-9311-CR-00365
Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark

Greene Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9409-CR-00316
03C01-9409-CR-00316
Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark

Hamblen Court of Criminal Appeals

03C0l-9307-CR-0022l
03C0l-9307-CR-0022l

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

02A01-9409-CV-00174
02A01-9409-CV-00174
Trial Court Judge: James E. Swearengen

Shelby Court of Appeals

02A01-9409-CV-00201
02A01-9409-CV-00201
Trial Court Judge: Wyeth Chandler

Shelby Court of Appeals

02A01-9411-CV-00260
02A01-9411-CV-00260
Trial Court Judge: Janice M. Holder

Shelby Court of Appeals

State of Tennessee v. David Edward Howington
01S01-9407-CC-00073
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge John A. Gasaway

The district attorney general refused to honor an informal immunity agreement1 made with David Edward Howington, the defendant. The reason stated for this refusal was the prosecutor's perception that Howington had not fulfilled his part of the bargain; that is, he had not testified truthfully at his preliminary hearing. He was subsequently tried and convicted of first-degree (felony) murder; he received a life sentence.

Montgomery Supreme Court

James R. Fruge and Jane Fruge v. John Doe and Jane Doe
02A01-9408-CV-00198
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Judge George H. Brown

Defendants-Appellees.This appeal involves a suit seeking recovery under the uninsured motorist provision of a liability insurance policy. Plaintiffs, James R. Fruge and Jane Fruge, appeal from the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to the unnamed defendant-appellee, State Farm Insurance Company.

Shelby Court of Appeals

Jerry Don Lumpkins, v. Belinda Baines Lumpkins
01A01-9401-CH-00034
Authoring Judge: Judge William C.Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Special Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft

This appeal involves a dispute over child support for two pre-teen boys. Two years after their divorce in the Chancery Court for Sumner County, the parents returned to court seeking resolution of their disputes concerning the custody and visitation arrangements and the amount of child support. A special judge awarded the mother sole custody of the children, modified the father’s visitation schedule, and directed the father to pay child support in accordance with the child support guidelines. The father takes issue on this appeal with the amount of his child support. We have determined that the amount of the father’s child support should be modified to take all his income into consideration.

Sumner Court of Appeals

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, v. Nashville Park Hospitality, Inc.
01A01-9504-CH-00142
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

Appellant, Nashville Park Hospitality, Inc. ("Nashville Park"), is the owner of the Budget Lodge, a motel in Nashville consisting of three separate buildings identified as the 100, 200 and 300 Buildings. Ninety-six suites compose the 100 and 300 Buildings, with 92 available to the public and rented on a weekly basis. The 200 Building consists of standard motel rooms which are rented nightly. Appellee, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Metropolitan Government"), filed suit seeking to enjoin Nashville Park from operating the Budget Lodge in violation of the Hotel, Food, Service Establishment and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act of 1985, T.C.A. § 68-14-301 et. seq. ("Act").1 After a hearing, the trial court granted Metropolitan Government's application for a permanent injunction, enjoining Nashville Park from operating Budget Lodge in violation of the Act. The court, however, refused to entertain the issue of whether the Act applied to the suites rented weekly,2 citing Nashville Park's failure to first exhaust its administrative remedies. Nashville Park has appealed, challenging that determination by the chancellor. For reasons to be discussed, we reverse that portion of the judgment holding the trial court without jurisdiction to decide the issue prior to an exhaustion of the administrative process.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Tennessee Department of Human Services, v. Tennessed Civil Service Commission and Frank Mahon
01A01-9504-CH-00143
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

This appeal arises from the chancery court's reversal of a final order of the Tennessee Civil Service Commission (the Commission). The Commission's final order reinstated Appellant, Frank Mahon, an employee who had been dismissed by the Cocke County Department of Human Services (Cocke County DHS). The chancery court reversed the Commission's final order, finding that the final order was unsupported by substantial and material evidence in the record before the Commission.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Terry J. Kyte and Terry J. King, v. Tennessee Department of Safety
01A01-9504-CH-00150
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Appellants, Terry J. Kyte and Terry F. King, appeal from the judgment entered by the chancery court, affirming the decision of the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety (Department) to grant the Department's motion for default in a contested case proceeding concerning the seizure of Appellants' property.

Davidson Court of Appeals