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TBALink Opinion-Flash
June 19, 1997 -- Volume #3 -- Number #63
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NICO EMILE FLOWERS, by next friend and Natural Parent, Tracey Lynn Bastian vs. METROPOLITAN BAPTIST SCHOOLS Court:TCA Attorneys: FOR APPELLEE: FOR APPELLANT: Paul Julius Walwyn Kevin H. Theriot P. O. Box 6293 101 Westpark Drive, Suite 250 Madison, TN 37115 Brentwood, TN 37020 Judge: CANTRELL First Paragraph: This extraordinary appeal arises out of an order enjoining a private school from expelling one of its students accused of smoking marijuana. We first find that this is an appropriate case for an extraordinary appeal pursuant to Tenn. R. App. P. 10. Since the school's application and the student's answer fully set forth the parties' positions and the material facts, we dispense with further briefing and oral argument and proceed to the merits of the appeal in order to save the parties additional time and expense. Because courts should not interfere in the internal affairs of private, voluntary organizations unless there is a showing that the organization's procedures have not been followed or that the organization has otherwise acted in an arbitrary, oppressive or unlawful manner, we have determined that the trial court's order enjoining the school from expelling the student until after the conclusion of the final examinations should be reversed and the case remanded to the trial court for further proceedings in accordance with Tenn. Ct. App. R. 10(b). REVERSED AND REMANDED. URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/FLOWERN_OPN.WP6
THOMAS W. HUNTER
vs.
JAMES R. ANDERSON
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
WILLIAM C. BARNES, JR.
13-14 Public Square
Post Office Box 552
Columbia, Tennessee 38402
Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellant
C. L. ROGERS
ROGERS & MOORE
119 Court Square
Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
Attorney for Defendant/Appellee
Judge: CANTRELL
First Paragraph:
The trial court granted the defendant a summary judgment on the basis
of accord and satisfaction. On appeal, the plaintiff claimed that
there had been no accord and satisfaction because he did not agree to
finalize the settlement his attorney worked out for him. We reverse
the trial court, because there appear to be questions of material fact
as to whether the attorney had the authority to settle on behalf of
his client, and if he did not, as to whether the plaintiff himself
accepted the settlement before changing his mind. REVERSED AND
REMANDED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/HUNTERTW_OPN.WP6
GEORGE RUFF
vs.
CHARLES TRAUGHBER, CHAIRMAN,
TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES, ET AL.
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
John Knox Walkup
Attorney General and Reporter
Teresa S. Thomas #12788
Counsel for the State
404 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES
George Ruff, #203318
BMSP, P.O. Box 1000
Petros, TN 37845
PRO SE/PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT
Judge: TODD
First Paragraph:
The captioned plaintiff has appealed from the judgment of the Trial
Court which dismissed plaintiff's petition for certiorari.
Plaintiff's petition concerned the action of the defendants, members
of the Board of Paroles, in denying petitioner's application for
parole from the custody of the Department of Correction. AFFIRMED AND
REMANDED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/RUFFX_OPN.WP6
TIMMY D. TOMLINSON
vs.
CHARLES TRAUGHBER, CHAIRMAN
TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES, ET AL.
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
TIMMY D. TOMLINSON, #124785
Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility
P. O. Box 2000
Wartburg, Tennessee 37887
Pro Se/Petitioner/Appellant
JOHN KNOX WALKUP
Attorney General and Reporter
JOHN R. MILES
Assistant Attorney General
Cordell Hull Building, Second Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0488
Attorney for Respondents/Appellees
Judge: CANTRELL
First Paragraph:
The Tennessee Board of Paroles declined to grant parole to an inmate
in the custody of the Department of Correction. After his
administrative appeal of that decision was turned down, the inmate
petitioned the chancery court for a Writ of Certiorari. The court
dismissed his petition on the ground on untimeliness. We affirm the
dismissal, but base our decision on the alternate ground of the
petitioner's failure to state a claim upon which relief can be
granted. AFFIRMED AND REMANDED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/TOMLITD_OPN.WP6
THE CITY OF WHITE HOUSE
vs.
LAWRENCE RAY WHITLEY,
District Attorney General for the Eighteenth
Judicial District for the State of Tennessee,
JOHN CARNEY, District Attorney and
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
and
TAYLOR (TED) EMERY, Sheriff for Robertson
County, Tennessee, J. D. VANDERVORK,
Sheriff for Sumner County, Tennessee
with DISSENTING OPINION
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
John Knox Walkup
Attorney General and Reporter
Gordon W. Smith
Associate Solicitor General
500 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS
David M. Amonette
554 West Main Street
Gallatin, TN 37066
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE
Judge: TODD
First Paragraph:
The captioned defendants, Lawrence Ray Whitley, District Attorney,
John Carney, District Attorney, and The State of Tennessee have
appealed from an unsatisfactory non-jury judgment in this suit for a
declaratory judgment and mandamus. The other captioned defendants
have not appealed. REVERSED AND REMANDED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/WHITEHOU_OPN.WP6
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/WHITEHOU_DIS.WP6
MARSHA R. WILLIAMS
vs.
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY,
d/b/a SEARS
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
MARSHA R. WILLIAMS
153 Twin Oaks Drive
Nashville, TN 37211
PRO SE/PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT
KEENE W. BARTLEY, #9889
Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett
501 Union Street, Suite 701
P.O. Box 190676
Nashville, TN 37219-0676
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE
Judge: TODD
First Paragraph:
The plaintiff, Marsha R. Williams, has appealed from a jury verdict
and judgment dismissing her suit for personal injuries sustained in a
fall on the premises of the defendant, Sears, Roebuck & Company.
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/WILLIAMM2_OPN.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
JOSEPH T. ALLEY
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For the Appellant: For the Appellee:
Joseph P. Atnip Charles W. Burson
District Public Defender Attorney General of Tennessee
P.O. Box 734 and
Dresden, TN 38225 Rebecca L. Gundt
(AT TRIAL AND ON APPEAL) Assistant Attorney General of
Tennessee
Bill R. Barron 450 James Robertson Parkway
124 East Court Square Nashville, TN 37243-0493
Trenton, TN 38382
(ON APPEAL) Thomas A. Thomas
District Attorney General
and
James T. Cannon
Asst District Attorney General
414 S. Fourth
P.O. Box 218
Union City, TN 38161-0218
Judge: Tipton
First Paragraph:
The defendant, Joseph T. Alley, appeals as of right from his
conviction by a jury in the Weakley County Circuit Court for the sale
of less than one-half gram of cocaine, a Class C felony. He received
a four-year sentence in the Department of Correction as a Range I,
standard offender and a fifteen thousand dollar fine. The defendant
contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his
conviction and (2) the trial court erred in admitting hearsay into
evidence. AFFIRMED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/ALLEYJT_OPN.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
JERRY WAYNE EDISON
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For Appellant: For Appellee:
Lu Ann Ballew Charles W. Burson
Asst. Public Defender Attorney General & Reporter
P.O. Box 416
Dandridge, TN 37725 Michael J. Fahey, II
Assistant Attorney General
450 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
James L. Gass
Asst District Attorney General
P.O. Box 70
Dandridge, TN 37725-0070
Judge: WADE
First Paragraph:
A jury found the defendant, Jerry Wayne Edison, guilty of DUI; the
trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days,
suspended after the service of seven days in jail, and revoked the
defendant's license for one year. The sole issue on appeal is whether
the trial court erred by admitting the results of the defendant's
breath test into evidence at trial. REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR NEW
TRIAL.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/EDISON_OPN.WP6
CHARLES HARRILL
vs.
STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
FOR THE APPELLANT FOR THE APPELLEE
Mack Garner John Knox Walkup
District Public Defender Attorney General and Reporter
419 High Street 450 James Robertson Parkway
Maryville, Tennessee 37801 Nashville, Tennessee 37243 0493
Laura Rule Hendricks Michael J. Fahey, II
810 Henley Street Assistant Attorney General
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 450 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37243 0493
Michael L. Flynn
District Attorney General
363 Court Street
Maryville, Tennessee 37804 5906
Kirk Andrews
Asst District Attorney General
363 Court Street
Maryville, Tennessee 37804 5906
Judge: Barker
First Paragraph:
The Appellant, Charles Harrill, appeals as of right the Blount County
Circuit Court's dismissal of his post-conviction petition. He argues
on appeal that his constitutional right to effective assistance of
counsel was violated. AFFIRMED IN PART; DELAYED APPEAL GRANTED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/HARRILLC_OPN.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
DAVID KEITH LANE
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For the Appellant: For the Appellee:
At trial: JOHN KNOX WALKUP
SCOTT KANAVOS Attorney General & Reporter
166 N. Ocoee Street
Cleveland, TN 37364 TIMOTHY F. BEHAN
Assistant Attorney General
On motion to rehear: 450 James Robertson Parkway
ROBERT W. RITCHIE Nashville, TN 37243-0493
P.O. Box 1126
Knoxville, TN 37901-1126 JERRY N. ESTES
District Attorney General
On appeal: 10th Judicial Circuit
KENNETH F. IRVINE, JR.
606 W. Main Street, Suite 350 REBBLE JOHNSON
P.O. Box 84 Asst. District Attorney General
Knoxville, TN 37901-0084 10th Judicial Circuit
P.O. Box 1351
Cleveland, TN 37364-1351
Judge: WITT
First Paragraph:
The defendant, David Keith Lane, directly appeals from the sentencing
determination of the Bradley County Criminal Court. He was indicted
for three counts of statutory rape (Tenn. Code Ann. S 39-13-506) and
three counts of unlawful exercise of official power (Tenn. Code Ann. S
39-16 402), all being Class E felonies. The trial court accepted
guilty pleas on all counts, and after a sentencing hearing, the court
sentenced the appellant as a standard (Range I) offender to a two-year
sentence on each of the six counts. The three sentences for statutory
rape were set to run concurrently, and the three sentences for
official misconduct were likewise set to run concurrently; however,
the effective two-year sentence for the statutory rape charges was set
to run consecutively to the official misconduct sentence. The
resulting effective aggregate sentence is four years to be served in
the Tennessee Department of Correction. AFFIRMED.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/LANEX_OPN.WP6
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