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All will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m., with a happy hour to follow. http://www.tba.org/tennbaru    TODAY'S OPINIONS: Thursday, November 03, 2005 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. 00 - TN Supreme Court 00 - TN Worker's Comp Appeals 00 - TN Supreme Court - Rules 02 - TN Court of Appeals 02 - TN Court of Criminal Appeals 03 - TN Attorney General Opinions 00 - Judicial Ethics Opinions 00 - Formal Ethics Opinions - BPR TBA members can get the full-text versions of these opinions three ways detailed below. All methods require a TBA username and password. If you have forgotten your password or need to obtain a password, you can look it up on-line at http://www.tba.org/getpassword.mgi Here's how you can obtain full-text version. We recommend you download the Opinions to your computer and then open them from there. Click the URL at end of each Opinion paragraph below. This should give you the option to download the original document. If not, you may need to right-click on the URL to get the option to save the file to your computer. 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. Howard H. Vogel Knoxville, Tennessee Editor-in-Chief, TBALink URSULA DANIELS v. GEORGE BASCH, ET AL. Court: TCA Attorneys: Lawrence D. Wilson, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ursula Daniels. Derrick C. Smith, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, George Basch and ReMax Elite. Judy A. Oxford, Franklin, Tennessee, for the appellees, Brett Wickham and Susan Wickham. Judge: WILLIAM B. CAIN, Purchaser of a residence filed a suit against sellers and real estate agent for rescission of thecontract and damages, claiming that Defendants engaged in misrepresentation by suppressing orconcealing the existence of a TVA easement along the backside of the property. The Davidson County Chancery Court granted Defendants summary judgment and Plaintiff appealed. Thejudgment of the trial court is affirmed in all respects. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/2005/danielsu.pdf FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION v. BILLY JOE REGEL, INDIVIDUALLY, d/b/a BARTLETT PRESCRIPTION SHOP Court: TCA Attorneys: Charles G. Taylor, III, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Finova Capital Corporation. George D. McCrary, Bartlett, Tennessee, for the appellee, Billy Joe Regel. Judge: DAVID R. FARMER The trial court awarded summary judgment to Defendant Billy Joe Regel, Individually, andd/b/a/ Bartlett Prescription Shop on the grounds of laches, and Plaintiff Finova Capital Corporation appeals. We affirm. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/2005/finovacapital.pdf JEFFREY T. BECKHAM v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Court: TCCA Attorneys: Chadwick G. Hunt, Savannah, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeffery T. Beckham. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Seth P. Kestner, Assistant Attorney General; and Robert Radford, District Attorney General; and John W. Overton, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: JERRY L. SMITH, J. The petitioner, Jeffery T. Beckham, was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault and received a five-year sentence. This court affirmed his conviction and sentence on appeal. See State v. Jeffery T. Beckham, No. W2002-02444-CCA-R3-CD, 2003 WL 22272376 (Tenn. Crim. App., at Jackson, Sept. 29, 2003), perm. app. denied, (Tenn. Mar. 8, 2004). The petitioner sought post-conviction relief on various grounds, including ineffective assistance of counsel. After an evidentiary hearing, the post-conviction court denied the petition for post-conviction relief. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/2005/beckhamj.pdf STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STANLEY PHILLIP CHAPMAN Court: TCCA Attorneys: C. Michael Robbins, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Stanley Phillip Chapman. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Assistant Attorney General; Elizabeth T. Rice, District Attorney General; Colin Campbell and James Walter Freeland, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: NORMA MCGEE OGLE The appellant, Stanley Phillip Chapman, was convicted by a jury in the Tipton County Circuit Court of second degree murder. He received a sentence of twenty-two years incarceration in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the appellant raises several issues for our review, including the trial courtâs evidentiary rulings and sentencing. Upon review of the record and the partiesâ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/2005/chapmansp.pdf Use of Campaign Funds for Legislative Trip TN Attorney General Opinions Date: 0000-00-00 Opinion Number: 05-166 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/2005/OP166.pdf Proper Method for Funding Local Education Agenciesâ (LEAsâ) Services for Three (3) and Four (4) Year-Olds with Disabilities Pursuant to BEP and Tenn. Code Ann. ¤ 49-10-113(c)(1). TN Attorney General Opinions Date: 0000-00-00 Opinion Number: 05-167 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/2005/OP167.pdf Disclosure of Witness Identifying Information in Matters Before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission TN Attorney General Opinions Date: 0000-00-00 Opinion Number: 05-168 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/2005/OP168.pdf   PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL! 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