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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 ...
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 ...
Hamilton County is one of 95 counties within Tennessee. [5] Hamilton County is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was created on October 25, 1819. [6] Hamilton County expanded to meet the state line with Georgia after absorbing parts of three different counties including Bledsoe, Marion, and Rhea.
The murder of Emma Walker occurred on the night of November 21, 2016, in the Sterchi Hills neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. [3] Emma Walker, a high school student, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend William Riley Gaul. [4] Walker died of a gunshot wound to the side of her head, behind her left ear. [5]
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 ...
In 2000, Rutherford County created the post of Juvenile Court Judge. The post was filled by then-Democrat (later Republican) elected Judge Donna Scott Davenport, [5] [9] who was scheduled to (and did) retire at the end of her eight-year term, in August 2022. [14]
Hazel Horton Goldstein (1947): [41] First female lawyer in Cocke County, Tennessee; C. Vernette Grimes: [2] First African American female to graduate from the Kent School of Law in Nashville (1939) [Davidson County, Tennessee] Martha Craig "Cissy" Daughtrey (1968): [13] First female lawyer in Nashville's U.S. Attorney's Office. She is also the ...
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]