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March 27, 2006
Circuit Court Judge John A. Turnbull of Livingston is the recipient of the first annual Charlie Hardin Memorial Community Service Award, presented by the Putnam County Bar Association. The award was established in memory of Cookeville attorney Charlie Hardin, who recently died of cancer.“I can’t…
March 28, 2006
Term limits adopted by Shelby County voters for certain elected local officials are legal and constitutional, the Tennessee Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision filed Wednesday.
Under the Supreme Court ruling, plaintiffs in the case who have served two terms on the Shelby County Board of…
April 13, 2006
State Supreme Court Chief Justice William M. Barker has been tapped by a Tennessee university and an Ohio law school as recipient of their 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards.“To be Distinguished Alumni at one school is humbling, but to chosen for the award at both the University of Tennessee at…
April 17, 2006
Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge William C. Koch, Jr., is among “The 500 Leading Judges in America,” based on a months-long survey of lawyers and judges conducted by Lawdragon.com.“Our staff of reporters and editors spent several months interviewing thousands of lawyers and judges nationwide to…
April 27, 2006
Students from 18 Hamilton County high schools, along with 15 local home schooled students, will hear arguments in three state Supreme Court cases May 5 as participants in a program that educates young Tennesseans about the judicial branch of government.
The 677 students and their teachers will…
May 3, 2006
Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers announced today he will not seek a second term as Attorney General when his term expires in August.He has made no plans for his immediate future at this time, except to continue his work with the Jason Foundation, a national nonprofit foundation dedicated…
May 17, 2006
Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice William M. Barker will deliver The Webb School commencement address at 1:30 p.m. May 26 at the historic campus in Bell Buckle.“My brother attended Webb School and I have many fond memories of visiting him while he was a student there,” the chief justice said. “…
May 24, 2006
A University of Tennessee College of Law scholarship in memory of long-time Knoxville attorney Robert W. Ritchie, former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, has been established by the Tennessee Judicial Conference Foundation. Ritchie died April 28 after a battle…
June 2, 2006
The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence Cocke County jurors imposed on a truck driver for his role in the contract killing of his wife who was shot at close range after being lured to a remote area.Jonathan Wesley Stephenson was first sentenced to death in 1990 for the first…
May 30, 2006
American Legion Boys State delegates from high schools in all 95 counties will participate Wednesday, May 31, in the SCALES Program, an acronym for the Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students. SCALES is a Tennessee Supreme Court initiative designed to educate young Tennesseans about…
June 6, 2006
Governor Bredesen appointed Gary R. Wade to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Wade, who has served as presiding judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals since 1998, fills one of two vacancies created by the retirements of Justice E. Riley Anderson and Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.“Gary Wade is a highly…
June 16, 2006
A new state-of-the-art $49 million criminal justice building will be dedicated at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, in honor of Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., who is retiring Aug. 31 after 37 years of judicial service at every level of the court system.Birch BuildingThe A.A. Birch…
June 21, 2006
Award named for Drowota to be given each year to a Tennessee judgeFormer Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank F. Drowota was awarded the naugural Justice Frank F. Drowota III Award for Outstanding Judicial Service during the Tennessee Bar Association’s annual convention in Memphis last week.…
July 11, 2006
Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole has been awarded a State Justice Institute (SJI) scholarship to attend a General Jurisdiction course July 9-20 at the National Judicial College in Reno, NV.The award covers tuition, transportation and lodging. Poole and judges from across the country…
July 14, 2006
Voters will be allowed to decide in November whether they want a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Tennessee, the state Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision filed Friday.Had a legal challenge been successful, a public vote on the proposed amendment to the Tennessee Constitution would have…
August 14, 2006
Randy Camp, administrative director of the state court system, announced Monday he is leaving the position because of personal matters requiring his time and attention in West Tennessee.“For the past several months I have been dealing with personal matters involving my family in West Tennessee,”…
August 25, 2006
Incumbent and newly-elected Knox County judges and chancellors are among judicial officials being sworn in during a ceremony at 4 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Supreme Court Building, 505 Main St., Knoxville. Knoxville Bar Association President Steve Collins will preside over the 6th Judicial District event.…
August 29, 2006
Just days after retiring from a long legal and judicial career, Justice E. Riley Anderson will don his robe and sit with the Tennessee Supreme Court in Knoxville to hear 11 cases, including arguments concerning the validity of the Knox County Charter.“Because we have only four members of the court…
September 12, 2006
The 12-member Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has elected Judge Joseph M. Tipton of Knoxville as its presiding judge.As presiding judge, Tipton will be responsible for setting court dockets, including determining who will serve on the court’s three-member panels, where they will sit and when.…
September 12, 2006
The day, which is meant to bring attention to non-adversarial options for conflict resolution, corresponds to International Conflict Resolution Day, which is observed each year on the third Thursday in October.To celebrate Mediation Day and focus public attention on the benefits of dispute…