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The Ashe Street Courthouse, a 110-year-old building in Washington County that housed county courts for several decades, is the latest judicial edifice in Tennessee to be named to the National Register of Historic Places, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. The courthouse was constructed in 1910 in Johnson City in the Beaux Art style and was originally known as the Johnson City Postal Savings Bank and Post Office. It was purchased by the county in 1940 for use as a courthouse. In 1985, the county outgrew the space and built a new courthouse. The Heritage Alliance is currently accepting proposals to determine the best potential uses for the building.

Terry Lee Stinson of Atlanta died Nov. 20 at the age of 70. He had been battling Leukemia for several months. Originally from Nashville, Stinson attended Vanderbilt University and earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee. He spent his career as a global real estate developer in the hotel industry, working in senior executive roles for the Mandarin Oriental and Ritz-Carlton hotel groups. A celebration of life will be held in the new year. Memorial gifts may be made to Emory Winship Cancer Institute, 1365 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee Executive Director Sheri Fox will leave the agency on Jan. 15 to pursue a new career opportunity, LAET announced in a press release today. Fox has served in the role for five years. During her tenure, staff attorneys served 51,034 people and pro bono volunteer attorneys handled 4,381cases, an investment worth $255 million to the local economy. An acting director has not yet been named. The group’s board will be conducting a search for a permanent executive director.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a landmark antitrust case against the NCAA in the spring. The case could upend the business model for college sports by allowing colleges to compensate student athletes, Politico reports. The court will hear an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which affirmed a lower court decision that the NCAA’s limits on player compensation violate antitrust law. In asking for high court review, the NCAA accused lower courts of “judicial micromanagement” that would blur “the traditional line between college and professional athletes.”

Lewis County General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge Michael Hinson received a public reprimand from the Board of Judicial Conduct yesterday. In a letter sent to Hinson, the board said he was being reprimanded for conducting judicial business “outside the parameters of the COVID-19 Judicial District Plan for the 21st Judicial District as approved by the Tennessee Supreme Court.” The board goes on to list the violations, including failing to limit the number of individuals in the courtroom and enforce social distancing requirements. The board also notes that Hinson made a disrespectful comment about Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeff Bivins. Judge Hinson acknowledged the problems, cooperated with the disciplinary counsel and accepted the reprimand.

The Nashville Bar Association is partnering with Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands for a phone-based legal clinic set for Saturday from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Volunteers will help members of the public with questions about housing and renters’ rights, bankruptcy, medical bills, debt collection, domestic violence, SNAP benefits and unemployment benefits. Attorneys interested in participating should contact Lynne Ingram.

With COVID-19 surging across the state, House Minority Leader Karen Camper says the legislature should concentrate on controlling the virus and disseminating a vaccine when it convenes in January, Tennessee Lookout reports. Gov. Bill Lee’s administration already has a vaccine distribution plan on the Department of Health website, and the governor is set to hold a briefing tomorrow as doses are distributed across the state. But with the rise in numbers, Camper contends state lawmakers should be involved in the process. Republican leaders, by contrast, say they are satisfied with the state’s distribution plan, which is based on CDC guidelines. Late today, Dr. William Polk, a Nashville surgeon, received the first dose of the vaccine in the state, the Commercial Appeal reports. Polk received the dose at Clinical Research Associates, a company that has been collecting data as part of the Pfizer clinical trial.

Due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the county, Blount County’s Justice Center will close to the public on Friday, WATE reports. The center is set to reopen Jan. 4, 2021. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says the move will not affect patrol or corrections operations. Video visitation from the 24-hour jail lobby will continue to be limited to three stations with only 10 people allowed in the area. Area residents are encouraged to use the video visitation tool from home. The Blount County General Sessions Court will hold in-custody criminal dockets on Dec. 21 and Dec. 30, but all other court dates have been rescheduled.

Thirteen federal district courts, including the Eastern District of Tennessee, will start offering audio livestreams of hearings in civil cases "of public interest" by February, the federal judiciary announced yesterday. Presiding judges will have the authority to determine which proceedings to livestream and parties will have to agree. The effort is part of a new pilot program, Law.com reports. Other courts participating in the program are those in Northern California, Southern Florida, Northern Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Eastern Missouri, Nevada, Northern New York, Western Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Eastern Washington and Washington, D.C.