Raybin Tennessee Supreme Court Hot List
The Hot List reviews cases which have been recently granted review by the Tennessee Supreme Court to help attorneys keep up with trending legal issues and anticipate potential changes in the law. The Hot List offers a prediction as to how each case might be decided.
Loudermill Notice of Public Employee Termination
April 18, 2019Case: Paul Zachary Moss v. Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board Facts: Employee was terminated from his employment with the Shelby County Fire Department after he was involved in a physical altercation at a political rally. Appellate Decision: The intermediate court reversed, finding that the employee’s due process rights were violated because he was not […]
read moreTeacher Tenure Act
April 18, 2019Case:Stephen P. Geller v. Henry County Board of Education Facts: A tenured teacher serving as an assistant principal was transferred to teach at an alternative school after the local director of schools learned that the teacher did not hold an administrator’s license. On appeal, the teacher asserts that the transfer was arbitrary and capricious where […]
read moreEvidence of Acquitted Conduct
April 18, 2019Case: State v. Steve M. Jarman Facts: Defendant was charged with first degree murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant challenged, among other things, that the court improperly admitted evidence of an alleged 2013 assault where the Defendant had been acquitted. Appellate Decision: The intermediate court agreed with Defendant and reversed the conviction, citing that […]
read moreFraud Convictions
April 18, 2019Case: State v. Reuben Eugene Mitchell Facts: Defendant was convicted of arson and filing a false insurance claim. Defendant appealed, alleging that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions. Appellate Decision: The intermediate court reversed the conviction for filing a false insurance claim because the defendant “legally, and under the policy, did not initiate […]
read moreBail Bonds
April 18, 2019Case: In re: Rader Bonding Company Facts: Bonding Company was the surety for a defendant’s DUI-2nd and Driving on a Revoked License. The State later obtained an indictment that increased the severity of the defendant’s DUI charge to DUI-4th offense and also contained the original Driving on a Revoked License Charge. After the defendant failed […]
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