SUPREME COURT OPINIONS

Lamar Fletcher vs. State
02S01-9606-CR-00056

State of Tennessee v. Jubal Carson
03S01-9606-CR-00063
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the defendant, who assisted his co-defendants in committing an aggravated robbery, was criminally responsible under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-402(2) for additional offenses committed by them.

Marvin & Ellyse McCarley vs. West Food Quality Service
02S01-9610-CV-00085

Marvin & Ellyse McCarley vs. West Food Quality Service
02S01-9610-CV-00085

Westand Land West Community Association, et al. v. Knox County, et al.
03S01-9610-CH-00098
Authoring Judge: Justice Janice M. Holder
Trial Court Judge: Judge Sharon J. Bell

We granted this appeal to determine whether Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a) mandates submission of a newly proposed zoning classification amendment to the regional planning commission following the commission's rejection of a similar but different proposed classification. The Court of Appeals held that the statute does not require futile resubmissions of revised proposals. We, however, find that the proposal in question was not merely a revised prior
proposal but was a new and previously unsubmitted proposal. The statute clearly mandates submission of new proposals to the regional planning commission. We reverse the Appellate Court and hold that the new zoning proposal should have been submitted to the regional planning commission.

03S01-9607-CV-00082
03S01-9607-CV-00082

State of Tennessee v. David Paul Martin
03S01-9604-CR-00040
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Judge Richard Baumgardner

We granted review in this case to determine whether a court-ordered mental evaluation violated the defendant’s right against self-incrimination and the right to counsel under the United States and Tennessee Constitutions.

02S01-9611-Ch-00101
02S01-9611-Ch-00101
Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

Stein vs. Davidson Hotel Company
01S01-9610-CV-00202

Kite vs. Kite
03S01-9610-CH-00099

State vs. Chad Douglas Poole
02S01-9607-CC-00064

State vs. Downey
03S01-9604-CC-00039

Krick vs. City of Lawrenceburg
01S01-9511-CV-00220

State vs. Chad Douglas Poole
02S01-9607-CC-00064

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Bush vs. State
03S01-9604-CC-00047

Moore vs. State
03S01-9607-CR-00073

03S01-9610-CV-00106
03S01-9610-CV-00106

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

State vs. Barry L. Speck
02S01-9601-CR-00001
Trial Court Judge: L. Terry Lafferty

Lawson vs. Lear
03S01-9509-CV-00105

Terry L. Hicks vs. State
02S01-9607-CC-00063

Joe C. Meighan, Jr., for himself and all others similarly situated, v. U.S. Sprint Communications Company
03S01-9502-CV-00014
Authoring Judge: Justice Lyle Reid
Trial Court Judge: Judge Dale C. Workman

The case is before the Court on a petition for writ of mandamus. This is one of three cases1 in which landowners have filed suit against U.S. Sprint Communications Company (Sprint), asserting claims for inverse condemnation and trespass and seeking certification as a class action. Buhl v. Sprint and the instant case, Meighan, have been before this Court on appeal.2 The relief sought is an order directing the trial court in McCumber v. Sprint to vacate its order certifying a class action and to defer to the trial court in this case on that issue. The Court, heretofore, entered an order staying the proceedings in all three cases pending this hearing.