Gabriel Duvall, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by President James Madison in 1811, is hailed the “Most Insignificant Justice” in an article published on Ozy.com. In his 24 years on the court, Duvall penned 18 opinions in the 962 cases before him. “(Duvall) achieved an enviable standard of insignificance against which all other justices must be measured,” Chicago law professor David Currie said.

Ex-Vols football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, who are accused of aggravated rape, and the victim will not be forced to turn over social media posts and text messages that occurred before the 2014 incident, according to Knox County Judge Bob McGee. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports McGee reversed an earlier decision in the case after conducting further study of the use of subpoena power. “This is new territory,” the judge said. “Legal principles are failing to keep up. We are without legal guidance and authority.”

Elavon Inc. – a global credit card transaction processor with offices in Knoxville – is now required to clearly disclose the primary terms of its offers to customers, according to a settlement announced today by Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III. The company was accused of misrepresenting its cancellation policy among other items in its offers.

Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts seeks attorneys to offer free legal advice to artists of all forms on Nov. 16 at 55 Music Square E. in Nashville. Thirty-minute appointments will be available from 5-7 p.m. for questions regarding songwriting contracts, intellectual property and more. RSVP by email or by calling (615) 460-8274. Contact Casey Summar with any questions.

The Knoxville Bar Association will share free will and estate advice at its LawTalk seminar from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Friday at the John T. O’Connor Senior Citizens Center, 611 Winona St., and Saturday at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel.

The Tullahoma City Schools Board of Education was ordered to pay $23,582 in legal fees to the parent of a TCS student who claimed the school stopped providing special education services, Tullahoma News reports. “The board will be paying $11,791 of those fees, and the state will pay the remainder. We have to pay because we followed state regulations and procedures, which conflict with federal regulations and procedures,” TCS Director Dan Lawson said.

Law enforcement, advocacy groups and legal professionals in Knoxville on Tuesday learned how to use an automated system that allows victims of a crime to track the offender, WBIR reports. The Statewide Automated Victim Information Notification System (SAVIN) first started in 2010. “It will give peace of mind to the victims of crime, and it does it anonymously," Gary Cordell, with the Tennessee Sheriff's Association, said. 

The Tennessean reports the 19 attorneys who defeated Tennessee’s ban on gay marriage say the state owes them more than $2.3 million for their time – 5,974 hours – on the case. The average hourly rate for the attorneys was $390 per hour. "We worked for two years on this case and we were successful," said Abby Rubenfeld, a Nashville attorney who led the case. "All the attorneys for the state of Tennessee got paid while they worked on it, so we should be paid, too."

Judge Alan E. Glenn said that Shelby County Judge Carolyn Wade Blackett's refusal to give more information regarding her decision to grant a new trial to a man sentenced for attempted murder could “’reasonably’ be presumed a violation of the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct and ‘evidencing a personal bias’ against the district attorney general’s office.” The Memphis Daily News reports Blackett ordered a new trial after comments she heard from jurors regarding contact with the prosecution.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that graphic photos from the crime scene should not have been used during the trial of a Knoxville man convicted in a deadly hit and run. The judges said the photos showing one of the victim’s unborn child likely influenced the jury, WATE reports. “The photographs in this case were, without a doubt, the most grotesque, horrifying, and unnecessary photographs that I have viewed in 17 years on this court,” Judge John Everett Williams said. A new trial has been ordered.