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  • Williamson County v. Tennessee State Board of Equalization

    86 S.W.3d 216 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Dec 10, 2001

    Once this holding, predicated as it was upon Marion County v. State Bd. of Equalization, 710 S.W.2d 521 (Tenn.Ct.App.1986) (permission to appeal denied), and Sherwood Co. v. … It is not the prerogative of this Court, or of the State Board of Equalization, to question the reasonableness of a statute or second guess the policy judgments of the legislature. BellSouth Telecomm., Inc. v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Dean Smith v. Tennessee Board of Paroles

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 25, 2019

    STANDARD OF REVIEW “In considering parole for prisoners, [the Board] is considered to be exercising a judicial function which is not reviewable if done in accordance with the law.” Robinson v. … State v. Mangrum, 403 S.W.3d 152, 166 (Tenn. 2013).

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  • Plantt v. Plantt

    28 Tenn. App. 79 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Nov 4, 1944

    We now pass to the next question: Did the court err in refusing to grant Martha Brown P'lantt a divorce on the ground that her husband had been guilty of adultery with Pearl Matlock? In Jordan v. … W. 858 ; Parks v. Parks, 158 Tenn. *88 91, 11 S. W. (2d) 680 ; Brown v. Brown, 159 Tenn. 551 , 20 S. W. (2d) 1037 ; Saillard v. Saillard, Tennessee Chancery Appeals Reports, Volume 2, page 396.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Nedra Finney v. Franklin Special School District Board Of Education

    576 S.W.3d 663 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 28, 2018

    Sputniks, LLC, 368 S.W.3d 431, 440 (Tenn. 2012) (quoting Brown v. Brown, 281 S.W.2d 492, 497 (Tenn. 1955)). … Finney nor the Board raised the issue of incompetence; accordingly, the ground of incompetence was beyond the scope of the pleadings. See Clark, 368 S.W.3d at 440; see also Brown, 281 S.W.2d at 497.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • James McDonald Shea Brown Jr. v. John F. Weaver

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Dec 19, 2018

    Brown’s death. … Brown v. Erachem Comilog, Inc., 231 S.W.3d 918, 921 (Tenn. 2007); Owens v. Truckstops of Am., 915 S.W.2d 420, 424 (Tenn. 1996).

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  • Railroad & Telephone Cos. v. Board of Equalizers of Tennessee

    85 F. 302 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Tennessee · Dec 23, 1897

    And the supreme court of Illinois, in Board of Sup’rs of Bureau Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. … Co. v. Board of Com’rs of Atchison Co., 54 Kan. 781 , 39 Pac. 1039 ; Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Board, etc., of Republic Co., 14 C. C. A. 456 , 67 Fed. 411 ; Andrews v. Kings Co., 1 Wash.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Loring E. Justice v. Board of Professional Responsibility

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 12, 2024

    Brown of her recommendation [Plaintiff] undergo individual psychotherapy to achieve [the minor child’s] best interests. … v.

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  • Kucera v. Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners

    956 F. Supp. 2d 842 · District Court, E.D. Tennessee · Jul 9, 2013

    Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578, 584 , 107 S.Ct. 2573 , 96 L.Ed.2d 510 (1987); Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. … Bates v. Deal, 728 S.W.2d 326, 326 (Tenn.1987); Jones v. Brown, 727 S.W.2d 497, 499 (Tenn.1987) (“This statute is very specific. Plaintiff is entitled to full back pay at the rate of a teacher’s salary.”). Thompson v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • United Artists Corp. v. Board of Censors of Memphis

    189 Tenn. 397 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1949

    General Oil Co. v. Crain, 209 U. S. 211 , 28 S. Ct. 475 , 52 L. Ed. 754 ; Browning v. City of Waycross, 233 U. S. 16 , 34 S. Ct. 578 , 58 L. Ed. 828 ; Fox Film Corporation v. Trumbull, D. C., 7 P. 2d 715 , 722. … The Court cites as authority for the foregoing well considered statement : General Oil Co. v. Crain; Fox Film Corp. v. Trumbull; and Browning v. City of Waycross, supra, and other Federal decisions.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Christ Church Pentecostal v. Tennessee State Board of Equalization

    428 S.W.3d 800 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Mar 21, 2013

    In July 2007, CCP filed an untimely appeal to the Board. … Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599, 607, 81 S.Ct. 1144, 1148, 6 L.Ed.2d 563 (1961); Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67, 69–70, 73 S.Ct. 526, 527, 97 L.Ed. 828 (1953).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. City of Memphis

    167 Tenn. 648 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1934

    Tomlinson v. Board of Equalization, 88 Tenn., 1 , 12 S. W., 414 , 6 L. R. A., 207; Staples v. Brown, 113 Tenn., 639 , 85 S. W., 254 ; Carriger v. Mayor, etc., of Morristown, 148 Tenn., 585 , 256 S. … See Staples v. Brown, 113 Tenn., 639 , 85 S. W., 254 ; Tennessee Central Railroad Co. v. Campbell, *652 109 Tenn., 645 , 75 S. W., 1012 ; Conners v. City of Knoxville, 136 Tenn., 428 , 189 S.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Courtney L. Wherry v. Obion County Board of Education

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 28, 2025

    WHERRY ET AL. v. OBION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Obion County No. … Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn. 1993) (citing Bradshaw v. Daniel, 854 S.W.2d 865, 869 (Tenn. 1993)).

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  • Michael Adcock v. Cheatham County Board of Education

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 7, 2013

    P. 3(a); King v. Spain, No. M2006-02178-COA-R3-CV, 2007 WL 3202757 at *8 (Tenn. Ct. App. October 31, 2007). … McAllister v. Goode, 968 S.W.2d 834, 840 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).

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  • West v. Industrial Development Board of City of Nashville

    206 Tenn. 154 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 5, 1960

    See Foster v. Roberts, 142 Tenn. 350 , 219 S.W. 729 , 9 A.L.R. 431 . The question appearing in McConnell v. … As held in Holly v. City of Elizabethton, supra, the Industrial Development Board of Nashville is an instrumentality or agency of the City of Nashville.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Vick v. County Board of Education of Obion County, Tenn.

    205 F. Supp. 436 · District Court, W.D. Tennessee · Jun 4, 1962

    BROWN, District Judge. … The Supreme Court in the second Brown opinion, Brown v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Martha McCormick v. Warren County Board of Education

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jan 15, 2013

    notice of the dangerous or defective condition.6 See Wright v. … (citing White v. Moody, 171 S.W.3d 187, 191 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004); Bruce v. Bruce, 801 S.W.2d 102, 104 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990)).

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  • Lyons v. Memphis Board of Education

    6 F. Supp. 2d 734 · District Court, W.D. Tennessee · Aug 15, 1997

    Tenure decisions are made annually by the Board at its April meeting. In order to be considered for ten *737 ure by the Board at its April meeting, a recommendation for tenure must be received by the Board by April 1st. … The Sixth Circuit in Manzer v.

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  • Morris v. Clarksville-Montgomery County Consolidated Board of Education

    867 S.W.2d 324 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Aug 4, 1993

    Cooper v. Williamson County Board of Education, Tenn. 1987, 746 S.W.2d 176 . The cited authority states: ... … In Anderson v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Africa v. Board of Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville

    70 F. 729 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Tennessee · Oct 19, 1895

    The complainant, holding the older franchise, with an ordinance of the city giving its consent, and having entered upon the street with express permission, as appears, from the chairman of the board of public works of the … city, which is the real administrative board ovér the streets thereof, is entitled to a preliminary injunction, having clearly made out a prima facie case therefor, unless the defenses set up in the answer defeat this right

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Shell Canada Ltd. (In Re Tennessee Chemical Co.)

    159 B.R. 501 · United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · Oct 5, 1993

    Bergquist v. Anderson-Greenwood Aviation Corp. … Co. v. Stonitsch (In re Isis Foods, Inc.), 39 B.R. 645 (W.D.Mo.1984); Eisenberg v. O. Censor & Co., Inc. (In re Baumgold Bros., Inc.), 103 B.R. 436 , 19 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 1023 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1989); Waldschmidt v.

    Modified on other grounds by In Re Tennessee Chemical Company, Debtor. Scott N. Brown, Jr., Trustee v. Shell Canada Limited, Cross-Appellee, 112 F.3d 234 (1997)Cited 10 timesPublished

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