June 5, 2000 Volume 6 -- Number 084 What follows is the case style or name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion released eletronically today to TBALink. This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):   00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court 00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Panel 01 New Document(s) or Proposed Rule(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court 00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Appeals 00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals 17 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Attorney General (PDF format) 00 New Judicial Ethics Opinion(s) 00 New Formal Ethics Opinion(s) from the Board of Professional Responsibility   There are three ways for TBALink members to get the full-text versions of these opinions from the Web: Do a key word search in the Search Link area of TBALink. This option will allow you to view and save a plain-text version of the opinion. Browse the Opinion List area of TBALink. This option will allow you to download the original version of the opinion. Click the URL at end of each Opinion paragraph below. This option will allow you to download the original document. Lucian T. Pera Editor-in-Chief, TBALink SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE STATE LIST FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL Court:TSC - Rules http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_Rules/CERTLIST_0605.wpd Failure to Enact Appropriations Act Date: May 4, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-083 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP83.pdf Are the amendments proposed in Senate Bill No. 2665 constitutional? Date: May 4, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-084 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP84.pdf Impact of Legislative Proposal on a Rutherford County Referendum to Increase the Local Sales Tax Date: May 4, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-085 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP85.pdf Competitive Bidding Requirements For County Road Construction Contracts Date: May 5, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-086 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP86.pdf Interpretation of Tenn. Code Ann. S 57-5-101 Concerning Microbreweries Date: May 5, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-087 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP87.pdf Police Department Dispatcher as Neutral and Detached Magistrate. Date: May 5, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-088 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP88.pdf Public Notice on Internet Site Date: May 9, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-090 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP90.pdf Zoning by Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Authority Date: May 15, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-091 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP91.pdf Constitutionality of S.B. 2234, conversion of restitution orders to civil judgments Date: May 16, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-092 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP92.pdf Compensation of Part-Time County Employees While Serving Weekend National Guard Duty Date: May 17, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-093 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP93.pdf Nonresident Property Owners Voting in Municipal Elections - City of Spring Hill - Tenn. Code Ann. S 6-53-102 - Constitutionality of House Bill 1932/Senate Bill 1933 Date: May 18, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-094 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP94.pdf Legality of "Special Call" Meeting of City of Jellico Board of Mayor and Aldermen Date: May 18, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-095 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP95.pdf Authority of Public Housing Authority Law Enforcement Officer Date: May 22, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-096 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP96.pdf Application of Amusement Tax to Event Sponsored by Firefighters Through Independent Contractor Date: May 23, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-098 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP98.pdf State Regulation of Federal Campaigns Date: May 24, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-099 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP99.pdf Maintenance of Roads Within State Parks, State Forests and State Natural Areas Date: May 24, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-100 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP100.pdf County Contract to Sell Public Records Date: May 24, 2000 Opinion Number: 00-101 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP101.pdf PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL! 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