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  • Coal Creek Mining Co. v. Heck

    83 Tenn. 497 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1885

    Brown, 1 Cold., 456 . … From the case of Napier v. Simpson, 1 Tenn.

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  • Bean v. Bailey

    280 S.W.3d 798 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 26, 2009

    (quoting State v. Lotter, 255 Neb. 456 , 586 N.W.2d 591, 610 (1998)) (alteration in original); see also Pierce v. … State v. Ruiz, 204 S.W.3d 772, 778 (Tenn.2006).

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  • Pennsylvania Railroad v. Naive

    112 Tenn. 239 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1903

    McCulsky v. Kloster man, 20 Or., 108 , 25 Pac., 366 , 10 L. R. A., 785; Union Ins. Co. v. Am. Fire Ins. Co. (Cal.), 40 Pac., 431 , 28 L. R. A., 692, 694, 48 Am. St. Rep., 140 , citing Brown v. … Dec., 239 ; Wilson v. Knott, 3 Hum., 475 ; Mays v. Jennings, 4 Hum., 106 ; Dabney v. Campbell, 9 Hum., 685 , 686; Bedford v. Flowers, 11 Hum., 242 ; Dean v. Vaccaro, 2 Head, 488 , 75 Am. Dec., 744 ; Saint v.

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  • Rockhold v. Blevins

    65 Tenn. 115 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    Carter, 9 Gratt., 559 ; Taylor v. Benham, 5 How., 233 ; Knight v. Lord Bymoth, 4 A. and K., 486; 1 Dickins R., 126; Thompson v. Brown, 4 Johns. Ch. R., 619; Hart v. Ten Eyck, 2 Johns. Ch. R., 62; Wickerson v. … Stafford, 1 Ves., Jr., 32; Veg v. Emery, 5 Ver., 141; McCaleb v. Peery, 5 Hay. R., 88.

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  • Jared v. Fitzgerald

    183 Tenn. 682 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1946

    Citing our own cases of Hodges v. Hamblen County, 152 Tenn. 395 , 277 S. W. 901 ; Nashville Trust Co. v. Dake, 162 Tenn. 356 , 36 S. W. (2d) 905 ; Family Loan Co. v. Hickerson, 168 Tenn. 36 , 73 S. W. (2d) 694 , 94 A. … Citing *690 Board of Registration Com’rs v. Campbell, 251 Ky. 597 , 65 S. W. (2d) 713 . In Dietz et al. v. Zimmer, 231 Ky. 546 , 21 S.

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  • Memphis v. Memphis City Bank

    91 Tenn. 574 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 7, 1892

    As especially in point, we refer to Bank of Shreveport v. Board of Assessments, 141 La. Ann., 188 . Under the eighth section of Art. … Memphis v.

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  • State of Tennessee v. James D. Wooden

    478 S.W.3d 585 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 2, 2015

    See Summers v. State, 212 S.W.3d 251, 255 (Tenn. 2007) (citing State v. … State v. Brown, __ S.W.3d ___, No. E2014-00673-SC-R11-CD (Tenn. 2015). 6 Tenn. R. App. P. 49 (stating that the rules ―shall take effect on July 1, 1979‖).

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  • International Harvester Company v. Carr

    225 Tenn. 244 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1971

    Vertrees v. State Board of Elections, 141 Tenn. 645 , 214 S.W. 737 . … In Corn v.

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  • Hellard v. State

    629 S.W.2d 4 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 8, 1982

    In State v. … See: Brown v. Ricketts, 233 Ga. 809 , 213 S.E.2d 672 (1975); Ex parte Bratchett, Tex.Cr.App., 513 S.W.2d 851 (1974); Ogden v. State, Iowa, 215 N.W.2d 335 (1974); State v.

    Cited 1,506 timesPublished
  • State v. Howell

    868 S.W.2d 238 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 10, 1993

    Brown, 479 U.S. 538, 545 , 107 S.Ct. 837, 841 , 93 L.Ed.2d 934 (1987) (O’Connor, J., concurring) (emphasis in original)), and is designed to select for execution only those most deserving of death, the worst of the bad. … Evans, 838 S.W.2d 185 (Tenn.1992); State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530 (Tenn.1992); State v. Black, 815 S.W.2d 166 (Tenn.1991); State v. Terry, 813 S.W.2d 420 (Tenn.1991). .

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  • Eusco, Inc. v. Huddleston

    835 S.W.2d 576 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 8, 1992

    Gulf R.R. v. State, 805 S.W.2d 746 (Tenn.1991); Volunteer Val-Pak v. Celauro, 767 S.W.2d 635 (Tenn.1989). … Covington Pike Toyota, Inc. v. Cardwell, 829 S.W.2d 132, 135 (Tenn. 1992); Western Pipeline Constr., Inc. v. Dickinson, 203 Tenn. 248, 254 , 310 S.W.2d 455, 458 (1958).

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  • State Ex Rel. Bise v. Knox County

    154 Tenn. 483 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 30, 1926

    In State ex rel. v. … And in Peters v.

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  • State Ex Rel. v. Retail Credit Men's Ass'n

    163 Tenn. 450 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 5, 1931

    Cox v. Smith, 154 Tenn., 369 ; Gormany v. Ryan, 154 Tenn., 432 ; Johnson v. Stuart, 155 Tenn., 618 ; Garrett v. Garrett, 156 Tenn., 253 . … Midland Credit Adjustment Co. v. Donnelley, 219 Ill. Apps., 271; State ex rel. Lundin v. Merchants Protective Corp., supra; People v.

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  • White v. Dougherty

    8 Tenn. 309 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1827

    That the joint creditors of a partnership, have in equi-V ty a general lien on the funds of the partnership, and that, in case of insolvency, they are to be preferred to the creditors of an individual member of the firm, … (Sugden, 387, Brown vs. Gilman; 4 Wheat. 255 , 292.) Besides taking a mortgage on these, he took a mortgage on three other lots.

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  • White v. Dougherty

    8 Tenn. 309 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1827

    That the joint creditors of a partnership, have in equi-V ty a general lien on the funds of the partnership, and that, in case of insolvency, they are to be preferred to the creditors of an individual member of the firm, … (Sugden, 387, Brown vs. Gilman; 4 Wheat. 255 , 292.) Besides taking a mortgage on these, he took a mortgage on three other lots.

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  • Robin M. McNabb v. Gregory H. Harrison

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 7, 2025

    MCNABB v. GREGORY H. … See, e.g., Strain v.

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  • Givens v. Mullikin Ex Rel. McElwaney

    75 S.W.3d 383 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 25, 2002

    See Board of Educ. v. Farmingdale Classroom Teachers’Ass’n, Inc., 38 N.Y.2d 397 , 380 N.Y.S.2d 635 , 343 N.E.2d 278, 283 (1975). … See Brown Oil Co. v.

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  • Rhonda Willeford v. Timothy P. Klepper, M. D.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 2020

    patients, their personal representatives or heirs.”), and the Patient’s Privacy Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-11-1502 (2013) (“Every patient entering and receiving care at a health care facility licensed by the board … (citing Biscan v. Brown, 160 S.W.3d 462, 474 (Tenn. 2005)). Since its enactment, this Court has acknowledged the valid policy considerations motivating the general assembly to legislate in this area.

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  • Shields v. Williams

    159 Tenn. 349 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 19, 1929

    In Bell v. … Brown, 103 Tenn., 449 , 53 S. W., 727 ; Railroad v. Byrne, 119 Tenn., 278 , 104 S. W., 460 ; Kizer v. State, 140 Tenn., 582 , 205 S. W., 423 .”

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  • State of Tennessee v. Thomas Whited

    506 S.W.3d 416 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 7, 2016

    Brown, 579 F.3d 672, 680 (6th Cir. 2009); Overton, 573 F.3d at 686; see also United States v. … See United States v. Brown, 579 F.3d 672, 683-84 (6th Cir. 2009).

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