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  • Stevenson v. Palmer

    223 Tenn. 485 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 18, 1969

    taken. *489 The courts have consistently upheld the broad grants of power to administrative bodies unless such power is deemed arbitrary and discriminatory. 1 Yokley, Zoning Law and Practice, Section 4-19, cites Huebner v. … Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 127 Pa.Super. 28 , 192 A. 139 , and Taylor v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Holmes v. Jarrett Moon & Co.

    54 Tenn. 506 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 14, 1872

    Moreau v. Saffarans, 3 Sneed, 599 . … Ward v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Blair v. State ex rel. Watts

    555 S.W.2d 709 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 19, 1977

    Atkin v. … Campbell v. Board of Civil Service Com’rs of City of Los Angeles, 76 Cal.App.2d 399 , 173 P.2d 58 .” 315 S.W.2d at 116 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Mayes v. Bailey

    209 Tenn. 186 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1961

    Justice Burnett in the case of State v. … To tbe same effect is tbe language contained in State v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Ransom v. Rutherford County

    123 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1909

    Board, 8 Heisk., 859 ; Edmondson v. Board of Education, 108 Tenn., 557 , 69 S. W., 274 , 58 L. R. A., 170; N., C. & St. L. R. R. Co. v. Franklin Co., 5 Lea, 707 ; Hamilton Co. v. … In Burr v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Railroad v. Harris

    99 Tenn. 684 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1897

    Law, Sec. 28; Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat., 436 ; State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 560 ; Cole Mfg. Co. v. Falls, 90 Tenn., 469 ; Ellis v. State, 92 Tenn., 93 ; Railroads v. Crider, 91 Tenn., 507 . … S., 141 ; McCall v. California, 136 U. S., 104 ; Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S., 108 ; Leloup v. Mobile, 127 U. S., 645 ; Gibbons v . Ogden, 9 Wheat., 1 ; Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat., 419 ; Welton v. Missouri, 91 U.

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Lambdin Funeral Service, Inc. v. Griffith

    559 S.W.2d 791 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1978

    Jones v. Trice, 210 Tenn. 535 , 360 S.W.2d 48 (1962); Froehlich v. Adair, 213 Kan. 357 , 516 P.2d 993 (1973); Munsell v. Ideal Food Stores, 208 Kan. 909 , 494 P.2d 1063 (1972); Hagan v. … Jones v. Trice, 210 Tenn. 535 , 360 S.W.2d 48 (1962); Crockett v. McClanahan, 109 Tenn. 517, 530 , 72 S.W. 950 , 953, 61 L.R.A. 914 (1903).

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Scruggs v. Bracy

    619 S.W.2d 101 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 13, 1981

    Thereafter, Disciplinary Counsel filed a petition before the Disciplinary Board, now Board of Professional Responsibility, to determine final discipline to be imposed upon Harry Scruggs, Jr. … A hearing panel was appointed by the Disciplinary Board to act upon the petition to determine final discipline, and it agreed to accept the plea for stated punishment.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Howard v. Bogart

    575 S.W.2d 281 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 2, 1979

    T.C.A., §§ 49-214(1), 49-224, 49-1313; Benson v. Hardin County, 173 Tenn. 246 , 116 S.W.2d 1025 (1938); State v. Yoakum, 201 Tenn. 180 , 297 S.W.2d 635 (1956); State v. … As we phrased it in Sanders v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Mitchell v. Garrett

    510 S.W.2d 894 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1974

    Pemberton v. Wilson, 481 S.W.2d 760 (Tenn.1972). Therein, the plaintiff had held the county supervisory position of Attendance Teacher for a period of seventeen years. … Moreover, we must presume that the actions of a board or superintendent are not arbitrary or capricious, but are reasonable and fair unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. Seej e. g., Blair v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Bob Fannon, Individually and as a City Councilman for the City of LaFollette v. City of LaFollotte

    329 S.W.3d 418 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 21, 2010

    Cobb v. Shelby Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 771 S.W.2d 124, 126 (Tenn.1989); see also State ex rel. v. Brown, 159 Tenn. 591 , 21 S.W.2d 721, 723 (1929). … Similarly, in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v.

    Cited 56 timesPublished
  • Evans v. Steele

    125 Tenn. 483 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1911

    Ed., 610 ; Keith v. Clark, 97 U. S., 454 , 24 L. Ed., 1071 ; Keith v. Clarke, 4 Lea, 718 ; Clark v. Keith, 8 Lea, 704 ; Marr v. State, 10 Lea, 470 ; Noteholders v. Funding Board, 16 Lea, 46 , 57 Am. Rep., 211 . … In due course, litigation arose between the funding board and certain noteholders with respect to the fundability of certain notes. Noteholders v. Funding Board, supra.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Fleming v. Wade

    568 S.W.2d 287 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 10, 1978

    See Gibson v. Butler, 484 S.W.2d 356 (Tenn.1972); Potts v. Gibson, 225 Tenn. 321 , 469 S.W.2d 130, 132 (1971). … See Gibson v. Butler, 484 S.W.2d 356 (Tenn.1972); Blair v. Mayo, 224 Tenn. 108 , 450 S.W.2d 582 (1970).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Blair v. Brownson

    197 S.W.3d 681 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 11, 2006

    In Massey v. … by the Brown-sons agreeing to purchase the property for $77,642.05.

    Cited 112 timesPublished
  • Woollard v. Shannon Novelty Works

    3 Shan. Cas. 431 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875

    , Exr., and Martha Brown, Extrx., of Henry Brown, deceased, James M. … Wisdom, Clk, etc., v. Keith and Rushing, that the body of the judgment does fully' show that it is entered in the case, of Woollard et al. v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • King v. City of Bristol

    156 Tenn. 643 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1928

    Since the Board was legally constituted, its election or appointment of Purlow was valid. Head v. Elliott, 116 Tenn., 150, 154 . … Mossy Creek Bank v. Jefferson Co., 153 Tenn., 332 ; Smoky Mtn., etc., Land Co. v. Lattimore, 119 Tenn., 620, 626 ; Briscoe v. McMillan, 117 Tenn., 115 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. Thompson

    193 Tenn. 395 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 9, 1952

    E. 610; Meglemery v. Weissinger, 140 Ky. 353 , 131 S. W. 40 , 31 L. R. A., N. S., 575; Gaw v. Ashley, 195 Mass. 173 , 80 N. E. 790 ; Board of Commissioners v. Montgomery, 170 Ga. 361 , 153 S. E. 34, 37 ; Arbogast v. … Compare Tisdale v. Tisdale, 34 Tenn. 596 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Ellis v. Nonconnah Turnpike Co.

    1 Shan. Cas. 511 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875

    See People v. … Chief-Justice Nelson, in the case of People v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Supreme Lodge K. of P. v. LaMalta

    95 Tenn. 157 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1895

    Bacon’s Benefit Societies and Life Insurance, §§ 161, 185; Tennessee Lodge v. Ladd, 5 Lea, 720 , 721; Catholic Knights v. Kuhn, 91 Tenn., 216 . … Commandery v. Ainsworth, 71 Ala., 436 .

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Troutman v. Crippen

    186 Tenn. 459 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 10, 1937

    administrative powers upon said board. … -the-board.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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