Supreme Court
June 18, 2013
The Tennessee Bar Association honored Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder with the group’s Justice Frank F. Drowota III Outstanding Judicial Service Award.Justice Holder was recognized...
May 30, 2013
The Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Courts held a luncheon in honor of retiring state Budget Office Director Bill Bradley.The luncheon was held at the Supreme Court building in...
May 28, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Cookeville and Nashville this week as part of the SCALES Project – Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students.The students spend...
May 24, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that Knoxville attorney Herbert S. Moncier must pay the costs incurred prosecuting the disciplinary proceeding that resulted in his one-year suspension from...
May 22, 2013
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder, who is the Court’s liaison to the Access to Justice Commission, is featured in this week’s American Bar Association’s Center for Pro Bono Exchange...
May 22, 2013
Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark addressed the Legal Aid Society staff at their bi-annual meeting May 16. Justice Clark called the employees of the Legal Aid Society the "unsung and 'unplayed'...
May 21, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an Order seeking public comments on a proposed change to Rule 10 of the Rules of The Tennessee Supreme Court.The order cites the comprehensive changes made in...
May 16, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for the 2006 first degree premeditated murder of his girlfriend.On April 16, 2006, Prince Adams was at his...
May 14, 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...
May 13, 2013
Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court gathered earlier this month in Johnson City to participate in a special dinner and awards ceremony hosted by Legal Aid of East Tennessee. “Dinner with the...
May 10, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a request by the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) to amend Tennessee Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4.In an Order issued May 10, the Court said, in...
May 9, 2013
In a unanimous opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a medical malpractice claim brought by a Williamson County couple against a county hospital must be dismissed because it...
May 7, 2013
The East Tennessee Women’s Leadership Council has announced that Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee will be the recipient of the Lizzie Crozier French Women’s Leadership Award in...
May 3, 2013
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court today reversed a decision by the Court of Appeals, which had ruled that federal law prevented a claim for the disabling injuries a passenger...
April 30, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has sent a dispute between a Memphis law firm and a former partner and paralegal back to the trial court to determine whether arbitration is appropriate.The law firm of...
April 25, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that the Court of Appeals has the authority to review a Shelby County trial court’s decision to void a $912,160 arbitration award and to require the parties to...
April 24, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld the trial court’s award of compensation to a Memphis-area nurse who sustained injuries when she fell at the health-care facility where she was working.In...
April 24, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a petition seeking to amend the Rules of Professional Conduct relating to attorney advertising.The Tennessee Association for Justice filed the petition in May...
April 19, 2013
In a unanimous Opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court today ordered a new trial for a Gibson County man after determining that statements he made during a police interrogation should not have been used...
April 19, 2013
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court today affirmed but modified the drug conviction of a Davidson County defendant after determining that the evidence was insufficient to support a...
April 19, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Nickolus L. Johnson for the 2004 murder of Officer Mark Vance of the Bristol Police Department. The Court also affirmed...
April 12, 2013
Justice Sharon Lee met with Governor Bill Haslam and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Col. Leo Thorsness at the State Capitol on April 8, 2013. Thorsness serves on the board of directors of the...
March 28, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld a trial court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction over a lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee against an Indonesian cigarette manufacturer to collect...
March 27, 2013
In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected the claim of the defendant that the district attorney in her trial for the kidnapping and murder of her husband’s ex-wife had improperly...
March 22, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld a trial court’s decision invalidating a will because the will was contrary to a contract between the maker of the will and her deceased husband.Roy Brown, Jr...