North American Rayon Corporation, v. Margaret C. Culpepper, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security, and Judy Howell
03A01-9506-CH-00192
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Judge Thomas J. Seeley, Jr.

North American Rayon Corporation appeals a judgment of the Chancery Court for Carter County which upheld a Board of Review determination that Judy Howell was entitled to unemployment benefits incident to her termination by North American Rayon.

Carter Court of Appeals

Charles William Coulter and wife, Donna Lee Coulter, v. Richard Anthony Hendricks
03A01-9505-CH-00150
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Howard N. Peoples

This is a suit by Charles William Coulter and Donna Lee Coulter, brother and sister of Linda Diane Rose Hendricks, who died in an automobile accident on April 24, 1994, seeking to have her marriage on April 1, 1994, to Richard Anthony Hendricks, annulled. The Chancellor granted Mr. Hendricks' motion under Rule 12.02( 6) of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, which contended the complaint failed "to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."

Hamilton Court of Appeals

Eddie Williams, Jr. v. Tennessee Department of Correction
02A01-9503-CV-00046
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Hewitt P. Tomlin
Trial Court Judge: Judge Joseph H. Walker

Eddie Wililams, Jr. ("petitioner") filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Circuit Court of Laderdale County against the Tennessee Department of Correction ("TDOC" or respondent"), seeking court review of actions taken by a prison disciplinary board, prison warden, and the department commissioner. Due process violations resulting therefrom were also alleged. The trial court granted summary judgment to respondent and petitioner has appealed. On appeal, a single issue was presented for review: whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment. For the reasons stated hereinafter, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Lauderdale Court of Appeals

Rex M. Massengale, Sr., v. Audrey L. Massengale
03A01-9503-CV-00086
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert M. Summitt

This is a post-divorce proceeding involving the custody of the parties' one minor child, Rex M. Massengale, Jr., whose date of birth is September 20, 1985. The parties were divorced by the "Final Judgment and Decree" of the Dade County, Georgia, Superior Court entered on October 19, 1993. That document approved and adopted the parties' agreement that the child's custody should be vested with his mother, Audrey L. Williamson1 (Mother2). The instant controversy was initiated by the child's father, Rex M. Massengale, Sr. (Father), on November 16, 1994, not quite 13 months after the divorce, when he filed a petition to change the child's custody. After a bench trial, the trial court dismissed the Father's petition. Father appeals, raising two issues:

Hamilton Court of Appeals

Alfred Carroll Jones and Betty Jones, v. City of Johnson City, Tennessee
03A01-9506-CV-00196
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Lewis W. May

This suit was brought against the City of Johnson City(Johnson City) pursuant to the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), T.C.A. § 29-20-101, et seq. The plaintiff, 1 The wife's claim was for loss of services, companionship, consortium, etc. 2 Alfred Carroll Jones (Jones), was injured while working at the Towne Acres Elementary School, a facility owned and operated by Johnson City. At the time of the injury, the school was closed while an addition was being built to the existing structure. The trial court granted Johnson City's motion for summary judgment, holding that Jones expressly assumed the risk of his injury and "as a matter of law that [Johnson City] owed no legal duty to" Jones based on the undisputed facts. Jones and his wife, the
plaintiff Betty Jones1, appeal, raising the following issues:

Court of Appeals

Matthew E. Rader, et al., v. Clarence McDowell, et al.
03A01-9506-CV-00191
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge Clifford E. Sanders
Trial Court Judge: Judge Dale C. Workman

The Appellant has appealed from a judgment denying its "Application for Execution." We affirm.

Knox Court of Appeals

Rick Haynes and Karen Haynes, v. John Walker and wife Rosa Mae Walker and Harold Woods
03A01-9504-CH-00133
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Chester S. Rainwater

The Plaintiffs, Rick Haynes and his wife Karen Haynes, initially sued their adjacent landowners, Defendants John Walker and wife Rosa Mae Walker and Harold Woods. The Plaintiffs sought a declaration that they were entitled to a right-of-way to gain access to tract 8 of the Clint Jones property, a 15.72-acre tract owned by them in Jefferson County. Thereafter, Michael Woods and his wife Paula Young Woods, who acquired a portion of Harold Woods property, were added as party Defendants by an agreed order.

Jefferson Court of Appeals

J.T. Holt, and wife Gertrude Holt and Dennis Holt, v. Opal Tolliver and Freddy L. Smelcer
03A01-9505-CH-00161
Authoring Judge: Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Dennis H. Inman

This is a suit to determine the boundary line between the Plaintiffs' and the Defendants' property and to confirm that the Plaintiffs have a right-of-way over the property of the Defendants.

Greene Court of Appeals

First Tennessee Bank National Association, v. C.T. Resorts Company, Inc., C. Gary Triggs, and James C. Childrers
03A01-9503-CH-00102
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Sharon Bell

First Tennessee has filed a petition for rehearing. The petition basically argues two points: first, that the undisputed material facts show that the defendants did not timely assert their claims of misrepresentation, and hence waived them; and second, that we erred in construing the parties' "First Modification, Renewal, and Extension Agreement and Apointment of Successor Trustee."

Knox Court of Appeals

03A01-9506-CH-00190
03A01-9506-CH-00190

Court of Appeals

03A01-9506-CV-00199
03A01-9506-CV-00199

Knox Court of Appeals

03A01-9506-CH-00207
03A01-9506-CH-00207

Court of Appeals

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Washington Court of Appeals

03A01-9505-CV-00145
03A01-9505-CV-00145

Court of Appeals

01C01-9502-CC-00039
01C01-9502-CC-00039

Williamson Court of Criminal Appeals

01C01-9501-CR-00004
01C01-9501-CR-00004

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9406-CR-00107
02C01-9406-CR-00107
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9308-CC-00179
02C01-9308-CC-00179
Trial Court Judge: Murchison

Madison Court of Criminal Appeals

Cyril v. Fraser
02C01-9412-CC-00277
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Fayette Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9307-CC-00143
02C01-9307-CC-00143
Trial Court Judge: Joe G. Riley. Jr.

Dyer Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9411-CR-00259
02C01-9411-CR-00259
Trial Court Judge: H. T. Lockard

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9411-CV-00260
02C01-9411-CV-00260

McNairy Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9402-CR-00061
03C01-9402-CR-00061
Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle

Sevier Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9408-CR-00293
03C01-9408-CR-00293

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

01C01-9410-CR-00366
01C01-9410-CR-00366

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals