Supreme Court
March 21, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court today decided that a prisoner who missed the filing deadline for a post-conviction relief petition was entitled to have his petition considered because of the deficient...
March 13, 2013
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court today affirmed the Court of Appeals’ determination that a father willfully failed to visit his three children and is subject to termination of his...
March 8, 2013
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee recently was honored by the University of Tennessee College of Law's Reynolds Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta. The annual Judges Reception was...
February 26, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has sent a Hamblen County case back to chancery court for a retrial, after ruling that certain evidence regarding a will and a widow’s real estate holding was improperly...
February 25, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict for compensatory damages against Americare Systems, Inc., the management company of Celebration Way, an assisted living facility in Shelbyville....
February 22, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that when the Tennessee Department of Labor approves a workers’ compensation settlement and accepts the statistical data form submitted along with the...
February 21, 2013
In a unanimous Opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a trial court ruling that termination of a mother’s parental rights was not in the best interests of the children.The Bradley...
February 21, 2013
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court today sent Brandon Mobley’s post‑conviction case back to the Knox County Criminal Court for further hearings regarding the use of a stun belt...
February 13, 2013
Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Cornelia A. Clark, Janice M. Holder and Sharon G. Lee visited Sewanee last week to meet with students, faculty and staff and participate in a discussion.The justices...
February 13, 2013
Chief Justice Gary Wade visited with more than 50 of this year's Legislative interns as they discussed the ins and outs of how the Tennessee judicial system works on Friday, February 8.The more than...
February 6, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an order that will require electronic submission of all interpreter invoices as well as compensation claims for attorneys representing indigent clients.The...
February 5, 2013
The University of the South will welcome three justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court to campus this week. Justices Cornelia A. Clark, Janice M. Holder and Sharon G. Lee will be in Sewanee Thursday...
February 1, 2013
Justice Janice Holder participated in a Pro Bono and Public Service Conference for law students on January 25-26 at Belmont University College of Law. Faculty, staff and students from all six...
January 24, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that advocates for convicted serial killer Paul Dennis Reid may not continue appealing his convictions in state court against his wishes, despite claims he is not...
January 23, 2013
Tennessee Supreme Chief Justice Gary R. Wade and Justice Sharon G. Lee marked the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend at events in East Tennessee.Chief Justice Wade was the keynote speaker at a...
January 23, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor did not abuse his discretion in denying pretrial diversion to a man accused of 16 counts of animal cruelty for intentionally or knowingly failing...
January 22, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that an employee of a temporary agency who is injured on the job, but not returned to work by the temporary agency at a wage equal to or greater than the pre-...
January 17, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that where contracting parties have agreed to allow assignment of a contract with the consent of the non-assigning party, and the agreement is silent regarding the...
January 16, 2013
In Joshua Cooper v. Logistics Insight Corp., the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed two prior rulings in which it held that an employer’s subrogation right against an employee’s recovery from a third...