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  • Redding v. Barker

    33 Tenn. App. 132 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jan 6, 1950

    Bedding and wife, Maude Bedding, as next of kin of William Brown Bedding, deceased, against M. B. Barker, Sr., and M. B. Barker, Jr., to recover damages for the wrongful death of the said William Brown Bedding. … Barker, who was riding as a passenger; and a 1937 Ford sedan, owned and being operated by William Brown Redding, in which the plaintiff Belew was riding as a passenger.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State of Tennessee v. Michael C. Bennett

    Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · May 5, 2011

    Detective Jesse Jarnigan of the Grainger County Sheriff’s Department spoke with Jamie Brown, the van’s driver, and Brown implicated the appellant and a woman named Rebecca Miller. … Wood revealed that a car matching the description of the car the Woods had seen at Dills’ home was registered to Jamie Brown.

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  • State Ex Rel. Byram v. City of Brentwood

    833 S.W.2d 500 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 16, 1991

    Tucker, (1959) 204 Tenn. 388 , 321 S.W.2d 795 ; Watts v. Civil Service Board of Columbia, (1980 Tenn.) 606 S.W.2d 274 . Such review is actually a question of law and not of fact. See Tallent v. … Our scope of review of the action of the Chancellor is no greater than his of the board. See Watts v. Civil Service Board of Columbia.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Grady Cunningham v. Bedford County, Tennessee

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 29, 2018

    In Phillips v. … Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 569, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972).

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  • Robert Anthony Payne v. State of Tennessee

    Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jun 11, 2002

    Brown might have been the individual involved in the assault on Sergeant Robinson. Mr. … Ct. at 2064; Goad v. State, 938 S.W.2d 363, 369 (Tenn. 1996); Overton v. State, 874 S.W.2d 6, 11 (Tenn. 1994); Butler v. State, 789 S.W.2d 898, 899 (Tenn. 1990).

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  • MCCOOL, MARTHA v. PROFESSIONAL CARE SERVICES

    2025 TN WC 59 · Tennessee Court of Workers' Compensation Claims · Aug 13, 2025

    .: 2022-08-0687 Employee, ) v. ) PROFESSIONAL CARE SERVICES, ) State File No.: 99553-2019 Employer, ) And … The Appeals Board has not offered guidance on the definition of “unreasonable” in this context since the statutory change.

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  • Keeble v. Loudon Utilities

    212 Tenn. 483 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 11, 1963

    Lin eham v. City of Cambridge, 109 Mass. 212 ; Moran v. Long Island City (N.Y.), 38 Hun. 122 , 123; City of Webster Groves v. Smith, 340 Mo. 798 , 102 S.W.2d 618, 619 ; State v. … In Poynter v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bank of Louisville v. First National Bank of Knoxville

    67 Tenn. 101 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

    Plaintiff cites and relies upon the New York case of Allen v. … The circuit judge instructed the jury in accordance with the doctrine laid down in the New York case of Allen v.

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  • Sanders v. McClanahan

    59 Tenn. App. 590 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 24, 1969

    Brown v. Brown, 18 Tenn. 84 ; Hickey v. Beeler, 180 Tenn. 31 , 171 S.W.2d 277 ; Donnelly v. Hendrix, 49 Tenn.App. 361 , 355 S.W.2d 116 . … Wills sec. 386(c); Haven v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • State v. Word

    508 S.W.2d 539 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1974

    The final decision, as to valuation, shall be made by the tax assessor and the Board of Equalization. See T.C.A. § 67-1706. In Department of Public Welfare v. … See, e. g., Elliott v. Equalization Board, 213 Tenn. 33, 37-38 , 372 S.W.2d 181 (1963) ; Biltmore Hotel Court, Inc. v. City of Berry Hill, 216 Tenn. 62, 80 , 390 S.W. 2d 223 (1965).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Phillip M. Nall v. The City of Oak Ridge.

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 10, 2014

    In Tidwell v. … V, sec. 23. Therefore, the decision of the Board did not affect the “employment status” of the Sergeants.

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  • Shelby County Sheriff's Department v. Harris

    337 S.W.3d 840 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 10, 2009

    Watts v. Civil Serv. Bd. for Columbia, 606 S.W.2d 274, 277 (Tenn.1980); Gross v. Gilless, 26 S.W.3d 488, 492 (Tenn.Ct.App.1999). … Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization, 682 S.W.2d 196, 199 (Tenn.1984) (quoting Sweet v. State Tech. Institute at Memphis, 617 S.W.2d 158, 161 (Tenn.Ct.App.1981)).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Levy v. Franks

    159 S.W.3d 66 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 9, 2004

    The board likewise approved the location of the swimming pool, granting the Franks a zoning variance. This was eventually appealed to this Court. See Levy v. Board of Zoning Appeals, No. … Brown &Williamson Tobacco Corp., 72 F. Supp. 2d 882, 887 (W.D. Tenn. 1999) (quoting Tenn. Pub. Co. v. Fitzhugh, 52 S.W.2d 157, 158 (Tenn. 1932)).

    Cited 56 timesPublished
  • Rucker v. State

    556 S.W.2d 774 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 6, 1977

    the Board of Pardons and Paroles to comply with the order. … Doyle v. Hampton, supra. Therefore, so long as the life sentence remains in effect, service of the five (5) year sentence shall not commence and eligibility for parole does not exist.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Holland v. Parker

    159 Tenn. 306 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1929

    Sells, 156 Tenn., 539 , wherein an act affecting the Board of Education for Pickett County was considered. … In Haggard v. Gallien, 157 Tenn., 269 , we distinguished the case of Smith v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Taylor

    287 S.W.2d 83 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1956

    Linkous v. … Counsel for the appellants cite the two cases of Eason v. Hardin County Board of Education, 180 Tenn. 147 , 172 S.W.2d 816 , and State ex rel. Ellis v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • William L. Jenkins v. Tennessee Department of Corrections

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 29, 2016

    SCOPE OF REVIEW The disciplinary board‟s action is reviewed through the common-law writ of certiorari, which provides a limited scope of review. Rhoden v. State Dep’t of Corr., 984 S.W.2d 955, 956 (Tenn. Ct. … Watts v. Civil Serv. Bd. for Columbia, 606 S.W.2d 274, 277 (Tenn. 1980); Jacks v. City of Millington Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 298 S.W.3d 163, 167 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009).

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  • Valerie Humphries v. Plant Maint.

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 30, 1999

    (Bold-Ark), Robert Baker (Baker), and Stephen Brown (Brown). In 1991, Covenant Environmental Technologies, Inc. … Baker was on the board of directors of Covenant at that time. He also formed RTI in 1992 and serves as an officer of the company and also serves as president of PMSC.

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  • Educational Broadband Corporation v. Rural Connect, LLC

    District Court, W.D. Tennessee · Sep 18, 2025

    United States v. Curtis, 237 F.3d 598, 603 (6th Cir. 2001) (citing United States v. Raddatz, 447 U.S. 667, 673 (1980)). … v.

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  • Perry v. Perry

    183 Tenn. 362 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 2, 1946

    For this she relies on Going v. Going, 144 Tenn. 303 , 232 S. W. 443 . Such was the law at the time of that case — 1921. … Brown v. Brown, 156 Tenn. 619, 632 , 4 S. W. (2d) 345, 348 . As heretofore noticed, this petition for modification of alimony was disposed of by the court below without hearing any evidence. This was error.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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