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Group seeks judges' views on hot-button issues
A new conservative group headed by state Senator David Fowler, R-Signal Mountain, has asked Tennessee Supreme Court justices and appeals judges seeking re-election to provide their views in writing about same-sex marriage, abortion and the teaching of evolution. In a Chattanooga Times Free Press article on the survey, TBA Executive Director Allan Ramsaur says that the judicial system depends on judges who are impartial.
http://www.tba2.org/tbatoday/news/2006/survey_060206.html
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SCOTT WORLEY v. LISTER DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
Michael P. Sayne, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jennifer Keller, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the
Appellant, Lister Distribution, Inc.
James G. Rickman, Maryville, Tennessee, and W. Tyler Chastain, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the
Appellee, Scott Worley.
Judge: LEE
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly held that the employee, who had
signed an employment contract granting him severance pay if he was terminated without good cause,
was fired without good cause. The trial court held that Lister Distribution, Inc., the employer, failed
to demonstrate that it terminated Scott Worley's employment for good cause. The trial court
awarded Mr. Worley $45,000 in severance pay pursuant to the contract. We find that the evidence
presented is conflicting and heavily dependent upon credibility assessments, and that the evidence
does not preponderate against the trial court's judgment. Consequently, we affirm.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2006/worleys062006.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RITA LYNN NEFF
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Joseph F. Harrison, Assistant Public Defender, Bountville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Rita Lynn
Neff.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Blind Akrawi, Assistant Attorney General;
Greeley Wells, District Attorney General; and James Goodwin, Assistant District Attorney General,
for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WELLES
The Defendant, Rita Lynn Neff, appeals from the order of the trial court revoking her probation and
ordering that her effective eight-year sentence be served in the Department of Correction. On appeal,
the Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by revoking her probation and ordering
that her sentences be served in confinement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2006/neffr062006.pdf
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| TODAY'S NEWS |
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Legal News
Election 2006
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| Legal News |
| Birch building to be dedicated Wednesday |
| A new state-of-the-art $49 million criminal justice building will be dedicated at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Nashville in honor of Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Adolpho A. Birch Jr., who is retiring Aug. 31 after 37 years of judicial service. The six-story building at 408 Second Avenue North will house general sessions and criminal courts serving the 20th Judicial District.
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Read more on Chattanoogan.com
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| TBA members advise conflict resolution program |
| Former TBA President Howard Vogel, with the Knoxville firm of O'Neil, Parker and Williamson, has been appointed to serve on the national advisory board for the new Institute for Conflict Resolution (ICR) at Nashville's Lipscomb University. The institute was created to provide training and resources in conflict management and resolution of disputes in business settings as well as within educational, religious and family contexts. Also serving on the advisory board are Nashville attorneys Sam Bartholomew of Adams and Reese; Richard Cowart of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC; and Robert Wood of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC. Larry W. Bridgesmith of Waller Landsden Dortch and Davis LLP will serve as the institute's executive director.
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For more information about the ICR visit Lipscomb University online
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| Appalachian School of Law receives ABA accreditation |
| Nine years after it opened and four years after a deadly multiple shooting on campus, the Appalachian School of Law has received full accreditation from the American Bar Association, reports the Bristol Herald Courier.
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Read more on the school's history
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| Waltz investigation yields 11th indictment |
| Former Memphis city school board member Michael Hooks Jr. today became the 11th person indicted in the public corruption investigation known as Tennessee Waltz. His father, Shelby County Commission Chairman Michael Hooks Sr., has already been indicted. Hooks Jr., whose great uncle was the civil rights pioneer and NAACP executive director Benjamin Hooks, was indicted on four counts, including embezzlement, impeding an investigation and lying to FBI agents, reports the Associated Press.
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| Alley's lawyers claim judicial bias |
| Defense lawyers accused Memphis Judge W. Otis Higgs of bias for blocking DNA tests on evidence while the state argued that condemned killer Sedley Alley is trying to twist Tennessee law to delay his execution before Judge David Hayes of the Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday. Hayes said a decision on Alley's petition is likely by the end of the week.
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The Commercial Appeal has the story
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| Election 2006 |
| Appeal further confuses charter debate |
| Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and county commissioners spent nearly two hours yesterday charting a course that could have bought time to revise the county charter before a chancellor's ruling nullifying the document takes effect. But County Commissioner John Schmid changed the direction of the debate by ordering his lawyer to file an appeal in the case.
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Get the latest in the charter story in the Knoxville News Sentinel
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