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The Court of Criminal Appeals is one of Tennessee's two intermediate appellate courts. It hears trial court appeals in felony and misdemeanor cases, as well as post-conviction petitions. Appeals in civil cases are heard by the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The Court of Criminal Appeals was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1967. At ...
Since January 5, 2021, the United States attorney has been Francis M. Hamilton III, first as interim United States attorney appointed by United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, [1] until appointed full United States attorney, on April 25, 2022, by the District Court itself, while still waiting for a Presidential appointee to be ...
[5] 28 U.S.C. § 1927 authorizes federal courts to award attorneys' fees and expenses against any attorney who unreasonably and vexatiously multiplies a proceeding. Federal courts also possess inherent authority to assess attorney’s fees and litigation costs against a plaintiff who has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly or for ...
The United States attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee is the chief federal law enforcement officer in forty-one Tennessee counties. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney.
The family of a little girl in Louisiana who was hit and killed by a car near her school has been awarded $129 million in damages.. In 2022, Emma Savoie, 6, was hit and killed by a car while she ...
The text of 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) are as follows: "(b) Attorney’s fees In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1981a, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title IX of Public Law 92–318, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or section 12361 ...
For many years, the United States Attorney's Office used the Laffey Matrix ("USAO Laffey Matrix") as a basis for hourly rates for attorneys' fees in litigation claims. This matrix used the original Laffey Matrix from 1982 and adjusted it annually using changes in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore area.
S.A. Wilbun: [10] First African American male to serve as the Assistant City Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee (1964) [Shelby County, Tennessee] John George Morris: [33] First Greek American lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee [Shelby County, Tennessee] Joe Brown: [34] First African American male prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee [Shelby County, Tennessee]