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Estate of Wolfe vs. Matthews 03A01-9808-PB-00249	Sevier	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Horton vs. Mountain Life 03A01-9809-CV-00287		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
State vs. Kobel 03A01-9807-JV-00218		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Terry vs. Shady Cove Homeowners Assoc. 03A01-9810-CV-00358		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Estate of Key vs. Hamilton Co. Nursing 03A01-9810-CH-00319	Hamilton	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Burrell vs. Burrell 03A01-9809-CV-00291		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Davis vs. Alexis 03A01-9811-CV-00373		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Cleveland Surgery Center vs. Bradley Co. Hospital 03A01-9804-CH-00120	Bradley	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Cleveland Surgery Center vs. Bradley Co. Hospital 03A01-9804-CH-00120	Bradley	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Hill vs. Hill 03A01-9804-CV-00127	Hamblen	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Bellaire vs. Hurley 03A01-9806-PB-00192		Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Bunch vs. Bunch 03A01-9805-GS-00156	Roane	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Keener vs. Knox Co. 03A01-9806-CV-00193	Knox	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Mack vs. State 03A01-9806-CV-00215	Morgan	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Miller vs. Board of Paroles 01A01-9804-CH-00177 Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
Cammuse vs. Davidson Co. District Atty 01A01-9709-CH-00503 Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/24/99
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Kimberly Diane Ramsey vs. Elmer Cole Ramsey E1999-00577-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge Houston M. Goddard Trial Court Judge: Ben K. Wexler On March 4, 1999, the Plaintiff filed for a divorce. The Defendant was served on March 5, 1999. At the trial court's regular docket sounding held on March 19, 1999, the divorce hearing was set for July 20, 1999. The Defendant filed an answer on April 14, 1999. Neither counsel for the Defendant nor the Defendant appeared at the hearing. After being unable to contact the Defendant's attorney, the trial court heard the evidence and entered an order granting the Plaintiff a divorce, and custody of the child, setting child support, and dividing the marital property. Subsequently, the Defendant filed a motion to vacate the order averring he had no notice of the hearing and that Defendant's counsel had other business which kept him away from the hearing. The motion was denied by the trial court. The Defendant appealed. We affirm the decision of the trial court.	Greene	Court of Appeals	03/19/99
Calvin Easley vs. James Britt M1998-00971-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction stemming from a disciplinary proceeding. After he was reclassified to a higher security status and transferred to another institution, the prisoner filed a petition for writ of common-law certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County claiming that the disciplinary board and the warden had acted arbitrarily and capriciously by finding him guilty of the disciplinary offense of escape. The trial court dismissed the petition, and the prisoner perfected an appeal to this court. While this appeal was pending, the prisoner was released from prison thereby rendering this appeal moot. Accordingly, we vacate the June 12, 1998 order and remand the case to the trial court with directions to dismiss it on the grounds of mootness.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
State ex rel. Paula Buchanan v. Joseph Buchanan M1998-00962-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson This appeal involves a belated dispute over unpaid child and spousal support. After their divorce, the former spouses twice changed the custody arrangements and support obligation in their 1993 divorce decree without obtaining court approval. In 1998, a private Title IV-D contractor, acting on behalf of the State of Tennessee, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County seeking to collect $59,150 in unpaid child support and spousal support from the former husband. The trial court held that the former husband could not, as a matter of law, assert the defenses of laches, estoppel, or waiver against these claims, granted a $51,250 judgment against the former husband, and placed a judgment lien against the former husband's house. While the trial court correctly determined that the former husband could not assert equitable defenses with regard to the child support arrearage, the trial court erred by refusing to permit him to assert equitable defenses against the claim for unpaid spousal support. Accordingly, we vacate the portion of the judgment awarding the wife $29,150 for unpaid spousal support and remand the case for further proceedings.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Parnell Webb vs. Ned/Mary Poynter 02A01-9707-CV-00168 Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III	Lauderdale	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Estate of Jones Bowden 02A01-9805-PB-00127 Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Benham	Shelby	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Nancy Knight vs. Henry Knight 02A01-9804-CH-00094 Trial Court Judge: John Walton West	Carroll	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
William Cuzick vs. Cavat Bass 02A01-9809-CV-00244 Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III	Tipton	Court of Appeals	03/18/99
Richard Warmath vs. Roger Payne 02A01-9803-CH-00084 Trial Court Judge: Dewey C. Whitenton	Tipton	Court of Appeals	03/18/99