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Nominate a lawyer for the Margaret Brent Award
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession is calling for nominations for its 20th annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards, to be presented on Aug. 8, 2010, in San Francisco. The award, established
in 1991, recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers. Previous winners from Tennessee are
Marilyn V. Yarbrough (1991),
Margaret L. Behm (1992) and
Hon. Martha Craig Daughtrey (2003). The deadline to nominate is Nov. 24.
Learn more about the award and nominate someone here
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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THOMAS L. BAINES v. LUDMILA K. BAINES
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
D. Mitchell Bryant, Athens, Tennessee, for appellant.
Jennifer L. Chadwell, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for appellee.
Judge: FRANKS
In this divorce action the Trial Judge divorced the parties and enforced an Affidavit of Support
executed by the husband as a part of the wife's application for permanent residency in the United
States, and also ordered the husband to continue the wife's health insurance through COBRA for a
period of no less than eighteen months and no longer than thirty-six months. On appeal we affirm
the Judgment of the Trial Court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2009/bainest_111309.pdf
THE IJ COMPANY, INC., ET AL. v. COLLIER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. d/b/a ROCKY RIVER BREWERY & GRILL
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
J. Myers Morton and George W. Morton, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee for the Appellants, The IJ
Company, Inc. and Reinhart Foodservice, LLC.
D. Scott Hurley and Anna R. East, Knoxville, Tennessee for the Appellee, Collier Development
Company, Inc.
Judge: SWINEY
The IJ Company, Inc. ("IJ") sued Collier Development Company, Inc. ("Collier Development")
d/b/a Rocky River Brewery & Grill ("Rocky River") seeking, among other things, payment from
Collier Development for food service products IJ had supplied to Rocky River. After a bench trial,
the Trial Court dismissed the case finding and holding, inter alia, that IJ had not met its burden of
proving that it had a contract with Collier Development. IJ appeals to this Court. We affirm.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2009/ijcompany_111309.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, v. KATIE ANN WALSH, In the Matter of J.W.W. (d.o.b. 4-6-07), A Child Under Eighteen years of Age
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
C. Brad Sproles, Kingsport, Tennessee, for appellant, Katie Ann Walsh.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Jill
Z. Grim, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for appellee, the Tennessee Department
of Children's Services.
Judge: FRANKS
In this action to terminate the parental rights of the defendant mother, the Trial Court determined,
after hearing the evidence, that there was clear and convincing evidence that the mother had failed
to substantially comply with the permanency plan, that the persistent conditions continued that had
established the basis for removal of the child from the mother at the outset, as the mother had
continued involvement in criminal activity. Further, that the mother had abandoned the child. On
appeal, the mother waived the issue of whether the termination of her parental rights was in the
child's best interest. On the issues raised on appeal by the mother, we affirm the findings and
Judgment of the Trial Court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2009/walshk_111309.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE V. DAVID WAYNE GRAY
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Nathan Whittle, Lebanon, Tennessee, for the Appellant, David Wayne Gray.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Deshea
Dulany Faughn, Assistant Attorney General; Tom P. Thompson, District Attorney General; Robert
Hibbett, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WEDEMEYER
The Petitioner, David Wayne Gray, appeals the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief.
The post-conviction court dismissed the petition, finding that the petition was time barred and that
no due process consideration existed to toll the statute of limitations. After a thorough review of the
record and the applicable law, we affirm the post-conviction court's dismissal of the petition as time
barred.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2009/grayd_111309.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MATTHEW SCOTT GREEN
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
J. Liddell Kirk, Knoxville, Tennessee (on appeal), and Raymond Mack Garner, District Public
Defender (at trial), for the appellant, Matthew Scott Green.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Clarence E. Lutz, Assistant Attorney General;
Michael L. Flynn, District Attorney General; and Rocky H. Young, Assistant District Attorney
General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: TIPTON
The Defendant, Matthew Scott Green, appeals the trial court's order revoking his probation for his
Class C felony conviction of vandalism over $10,000, ordering him to serve a year in jail, and
extending his probation by one year. We hold that the trial court did not err and affirm its judgment.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2009/greenm_111309.pdf
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| White House counsel Craig resigns, Bauer to fill spot |
| Gregory Craig is stepping down as White House Counsel and will be replaced by Robert Bauer, the White House announced this morning. Bauer is currently general counsel to the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America. News of the White House counsel shake-up coincided with the announcement that five high-profile Guantanamo detainees linked to the 9/11 attacks will be tried in federal court in New York City. |
Law.com has the story
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| Professor: Law school not a good investment for 'typical' student |
| Vanderbilt University School of Law Professor Herwig Schlunk's analysis calculating the cost of tuition versus the potential benefit of being paid more over a lengthy legal career is the subject of today's TaxProf Blog. Schlunk says law school is a bad investment for "typical students." The findings are part of a research paper by Schlunk. |
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| Alamo gets 175 years |
| Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced today to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, effectively punishing him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as "brides" in his ministry. Alamo, 75, had been convicted in July on a 10-count federal indictment. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes said Alamo misused his status as a father figure and pastor, and threatened the girls with "the loss of their salvation." |
The Commercial Appeal carried this AP story
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| Miss. judge will go to jail, apologizes to court |
| Bobby DeLaughter, a history-making prosecutor who became a judge, was sentenced today to 18 months for federal obstruction in a case that ended his career and brought down some of the most powerful lawyers in Mississippi.
DeLaughter apologized in the courtroom.
"I do want to express my sincere apologies not only to this honorable court, but to all my former colleagues, the people of Mississippi and especially the people of Hinds County," he said.
The former Hinds County circuit judge pleaded guilty in July to obstruction of justice. He admitted lying to an FBI agent during a judicial corruption investigation. |
WRCB-TV carried this AP story
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| New admittees welcomed to the bar, invited to lunch |
| In Nashville, the Tennessee Bar Association will hold an open house on Nov. 18 to welcome new law admittees in Nashville. The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Bar Center, located at 221 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville 37219. TBA members are invited to attend. Please respond by Nov. 11 to membership@tnbar.org or (615) 383-7421. Knoxville's admission ceremony will be Nov. 19.
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| Disciplinary Actions |
| Memphis attorney censured |
| On Oct. 29, Memphis lawyer Scott Thomas Beall received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court. He violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by instructing a client to shred duplicate photocopies of account statements the client had illegally taken from a former employer against Beall's specific instructions to the client not to take such documents. Although Beall's instructions were not intended to mislead or prevent disclosure of his client's wrongdoing, his instructions were not proper and led to this agreed censure. |
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