A bill meant to even the playing field for wages for men and women was rejected by state lawmakers Wednesday afternoon, Nashville Public Radio reports. The measure would have let women file wage complaints at their local courthouses. Currently in Tennessee, only federal courts can handle pay discrimination suits.

The Shelby County Jericho Project has been chosen as one of eight recipients of the 2015 “Innovations in Criminal Justice Award.” Winners were selected by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Center for Court Innovation. The Jericho Project was launched more than a decade ago by the Shelby County Public Defender’s Office to better serve people living with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who were cycling through the criminal justice system. Bartlett Express has the story.

The Tennessean highlights the historic career of U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Martha Craig Daughtrey. One of just three women in her Vanderbilt University law school class, Daughtrey went on to break many more barriers by becoming the first woman to serve as assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee in 1968, the first woman to teach on the Vanderbilt Law School faculty in 1972, and the first woman to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1990.

The pro se appellant, Corey Alan Bennett, appeals as of right from the Knox County Criminal Court’s order summarily dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. Because the record reflects that the appellant filed a subsequent petition for post-conviction relief, we affirm the order of the Knox County Criminal Court pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.

The petitioner, Billy L. Grooms, appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus and/or motion to correct an illegal sentence.

The Petitioner, Gary Wayne Bush, appeals the Rutherford County Circuit Court?s denial of post-conviction relief. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Petitioner argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to call the Petitioner to testify in his own defense. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

The trial court awarded Wife a judgment in the amount of $28,000 for back alimony and ordered Husband to honor his obligations, under the parties’ marital dissolution agreement, with respect to life insurance and disability insurance. Husband appeals. We affirm and remand the case for further proceedings as are necessary and consistent with this Opinion.

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that investors can't sue companies for making misleading statements of opinion prior to a public stock offering just because those statements ultimately turn out to be wrong, WRCB reports. However, the narrow ruling said some opinions in registration documents might omit important facts that could mislead investors, giving them a right to sue for securities fraud.

The Supreme Court is adding a new case to decide whether its 3-year-old ruling throwing out mandatory life in prison without parole for juveniles should apply to older cases. The justices yesterday said they would consider a new Louisiana case involving a man who has been held since 1963 for killing a sheriff's deputy in Baton Rouge. WRCB has more from the Associated Press.

Crossville City Council members cannot act on a request from recently appointed Municipal Judge Ivy Gardner that her pay be increased from $12,000 to $24,000. Neither state law nor the city charter allows for a legislator or judge's salary to be increased, or diminished, during a term of office, City Attorney William Ridley explained. The Crossville Chronicle has the story.