Opinion FlashJanuary 07, 2004Volume 10 — Number 004 Following this index are summaries of each case, including its name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion. This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):
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Court:TCA
Attorneys:
Douglas M. Cox, Chattanooga, for the appellants, Robert Fleming, Jr.
and Charles Schenck.
William G. Colvin and Everett L. Hixson, Jr., Chattanooga, for the
appellee, James. L. Wagner, M.D.
Judge: SUSANO
First Paragraph:
James L. Wagner, M.D. ("the plaintiff") scheduled a public auction to
sell his Bledsoe County property. The plaintiff rejected the high
bids received at the auction, believing them to be too low. He then
sued Robert Fleming, Jr. and Charles Schenck ("the defendants"),
alleging that their activities depressed the bids at the auction. He
sued the defendants under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, Tenn.
Code Ann. S 47-18-101, et seq. ("the Act"), and under the common law
tort theories of injurious falsehood and defamation. The jury
returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, awarding him $20,000 in
damages. The trial court also awarded attorney's fees to the
plaintiff under the Act. We reverse and remand.
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JAMES L. WEST, ET AL. v. FRANK LUNA Court:TCA Attorneys: Brad W. Hornsby, Aaron S. Guin, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellant, Frank Luna. R. Whitney Stevens, Jr., Fayetteville, Tennessee, for the appellees, James L. West and wife, Nancy West; W. Thomas Norman and wife, Kathryn Norman; Paul Johnson and wife, Elizabeth Johnson; Margaret C. Jennings; David R. McCauley and wife, Rachel McCauley; Hubert C. Jennings and wife, Syble Jennings; Delbert McGee; Richard McGee and wife, Jean McGee; Roger J. Jones and wife, Wanda M. Jones; Paul D. Sain and wife, Cara Sain; Carl Kinkle; Ernest L. Jennings and wife, Sharon Jennings; Ray Barhorst and wife, Fay Barhorst. Judge: CAIN First Paragraph: This appeal is the second in a 24 year long dispute over a proposed raceway in Lincoln County. After hearing additional proof as this Court required in West v. Luna, No. 01A01-9707-CH-00281, 1998 WL 467106 (Tenn.Ct.App.1998), the trial court entered a new injunction prohibiting the defendant Luna from operating a race track on Old Boonshill Road in Lincoln County. In this appeal, Mr. Luna challenges the trial court's injunction as noncompliant with our decision in the first appeal, and in imposing a noise limitation effectively making the race track a nuisance per se. We affirm the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/westJames.wpd TIMOTHY BICKERS, THOMAS CARTER, AND GREGORY HEDGES v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Court:TCCA Attorneys: Timothy Bickers, Thomas Carter, and Gregory Hedges, Mountain City, Tennessee, Pro Se. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Braden H. Boucek, Assistant Attorney General; and C. Berkeley Bell, Jr., District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: RILEY First Paragraph: The petitioners, Timothy Bickers, Thomas Carter, and Gregory Hedges, appeal the post-conviction court's dismissal of their joint pro se petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, the petitioners contend: (1) due process mandates the statute of limitations be tolled; and (2) the post-conviction court erred in denying their motion for recusal. We affirm the post-conviction court's dismissal of the petition. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/bickerstimothy.wpd STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GERALD L. "PETE" SHIRLEY Court:TCCA Attorneys: Julie A. Rice, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Gerald L. Shirley. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; David H. Findley, Assistant Attorney General; William Paul Phillips, District Attorney General; John W. Galloway, Jr., and Lori Ann Phillips-Jones, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: WEDEMEYER First Paragraph: A Scott County jury convicted the Defendant, Gerald L. "Pete" Shirley, of especially aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated sexual battery, five counts of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated assault as a lesser-included offense of attempted second degree murder, and another count of aggravated assault. The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of sixty years in prison. On appeal, the Defendant contends the following: (1) the trial court erred in permitting the jury to take the "bill of particulars" into the jury room during deliberations; (2) the Defendant's convictions for aggravated rape by digital penetration and aggravated rape by oral sex violate the principles of double jeopardy and duplicity of offenses; (3) the trial court erred in failing to dismiss or merge the especially aggravated kidnapping conviction into one of the aggravated rape convictions; (4) the trial court erred in refusing to permit the jury to review a copy of the statement that the victim gave to a police officer; (5) the trial court erred in failing to instruct on the lesser-included offense of false imprisonment; (6) insufficient evidence exists to support the convictions; and (7) the trial court erred in sentencing the Defendant to an effective sixty-year sentence. After thoroughly reviewing the record, we conclude that the trial court committed plain error by instructing the jury that aggravated assault was a lesser included-offense of attempted second degree murder. Accordingly, we reverse the Defendant's conviction of aggravated assault in count eleven of the indictment and modify his sentence to an aggregate fifty years in prison. We affirm the Defendant's remaining convictions. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/shirleygl.wpd PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL! GET A FULL-TEXT COPY OF AN OPINION! JOIN THE TENNESSEE BAR ASSOCIATION! SUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH! UNSUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH? ... SURELY NOT! But if you must, visit the TBALink web site at: http://www.tba.org/op-flash.mgi Home • Contact Us • PageFinder • What's New • Help |
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