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State vs. James Otis Martin

03C01-9803-CR-00103

Originating Judge:Richard R. Baumgartner
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/26/99
State vs. David Hundley

02C01-9810-CC-00313

Originating Judge:William B. Acree
Weakley County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/26/99
State vs. Jerry Hayes

02C01-9810-CC-00338

Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Carroll County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/26/99
State vs. Gerald Schaffer

03C01-9807-CR-00226

Originating Judge:Richard R. Baumgartner
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/26/99
State vs. Eric Carter

02C01-9809-CR-00299

Originating Judge:James C. Beasley, Jr.
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell

03A01-9808-CH-00279
Court of Appeals 08/25/99
John Seals vs. James Bowlen, Warden, et al

M1999-00997-COA-R3-CV
Petitioner, a state inmate, filed the underlying pro se petition for a writ of certiorari to challenge the result of a disciplinary proceeding against him. The trial court dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim. We reverse the dismissal of all parties except the Department of Correction and affirm the dismissal for failure to state a claim.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 08/25/99
State vs. Guillermo Matian Juan

03C01-9812-CR-00443

Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
Thomas Cook vs. State

03C01-9808-CR-00281
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
Begley Lumber Company, Inc. vs. Wendell Trammell

03A01-9902-CH-00047
Court of Appeals 08/25/99
Robert Odom v. Mary Odom

M1999-02811-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a bitter custody dispute over three children between the ages of nine and fourteen. During the divorce proceeding in the Chancery Court for Dickson County, the parties agreed that the mother would have custody of the children and also agreed on visitation arrangements that accommodated the mother's planned move to another state. Several months after the entry of the divorce decree, the father petitioned to change custody and to hold the mother in contempt for interfering with his relationship with the children. During the ensuing three years, the parties traded allegations of sexual and physical abuse of the children and other misconduct. Following a bench trial in December 1998, the trial court found that there had been a material change in the children's circumstances and granted the father custody of the children. On this appeal, the mother asserts that she was denied due process by the trial court's refusal to require the parties and their children to undergo a psychological examination and that the trial court unlawfully delegated its judicial authority to a psychologist who had been counseling the children. We have determined that the mother received an essentially fair hearing on this custody dispute and, therefore, affirm the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Allen W. Wallace
Dickson County Court of Appeals 08/25/99
Saul T. Mallen (Sports-Wear Mills, Inc.) vs. PI, Inc.

03A01-9811-CH-00364
Court of Appeals 08/25/99
Adrian Waite vs. State

03C01-9809-CR-00343

Originating Judge:Stephen M. Bevil
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
William Terry Wyatt vs. Billie Carey

03A01-9809-CV-00307
Cumberland County Court of Appeals 08/25/99
State vs. Bao Nguyon

02C01-9801-CR-00004

Originating Judge:Chris B. Craft
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell

03A01-9808-CH-00279
Court of Appeals 08/25/99
Gregory B. Hinton vs. City of Chattanooga

03A01-9901-CV-00013
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 08/25/99
Gary William Holt vs. State

03C01-9808-CR-00279

Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/25/99
Stanley Pearson Posley vs. State

03C01-9809-CR-00307
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/24/99
State vs. Mohammed F. Ali

03C01-9802-CR-00065

Originating Judge:Lynn W. Brown
Washington County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/24/99
Martha L. Carter, et al vs. Billy L. King

03A01-9810-CV-00327
Court of Appeals 08/24/99
Ronnie Bradfield vs. City of Memphis

02A01-9808-CV-00220

Originating Judge:Karen R. Williams
Shelby County Court of Appeals 08/24/99
Tammy Kemp vs. Thomas Michael Hale

03A01-9809-PB-00284
Cumberland County Court of Appeals 08/24/99
Doris Sanders v. Samuel Sanders, Jr.

M1998-00978-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a former spouse's right to post-judgment interest on an award of alimony in solido. After her former husband failed to pay the alimony in solido required by the final divorce decree, the former wife filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Davidson County seeking $9,847.68 in post-judgment interest. The trial court recognized that the post-judgment interest had accrued but decided not to award the interest to the former wife unless her former husband failed to make his future periodic alimony payments in a timely manner. When her former husband began to pay his alimony payments late, the former wife renewed her request for the post-judgment interest. The trial court found that the former husband had been delinquent in his alimony payments but again declined to order the former husband to pay the post-judgment interest if he prepaid the remaining balance of his periodic alimony. The former wife has appealed from the trial court's repeated refusal to award her the post-judgment interest on her alimony in solido award. We have determined that the former wife was entitled to post-judgment interest as a matter of law and, therefore, that the trial court erred by failing to award her $9,847.68 for post-judgment interest.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Marietta M. Shipley
Davidson County Court of Appeals 08/24/99
State vs. Anthony Sanders

03C01-9811-CR-00392
Sullivan County Court of Criminal Appeals 08/24/99