Cases

(2008) James S. BURNETTE, Plaintiff, v. Phil BREDESEN, et. al., Defendants. No. 1:08-CV-8. United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Chattanooga. July 7, 2008. MEMORANDUM CURTIS L. COLLIER, Chief Judge. Pro se plaintiff James S. Burnette ("Plaintiff") brought this action against Governor Phil Bredesen and members of the T

545 F.3d 431 (2008) Frederick JELOVSEK (07-5443); S.L. Thomas Family Winery, Inc. dba Thomas Family Winery; Martin Reddish (07-5524), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Phil BREDESEN, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee; Paul Summers, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee; Shari Elks, in her official capacity as Executive Director, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Defendants-Appellees,

453 F.Supp.2d 1017 (2006) Rita Sanders GEIER, et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, Raymond A. Richardson, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, and H. Coleman McGinnis, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. Phil BREDESEN, et al., Defendants. No. 5077. United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division. September 21, 2006.</

330 S.W.3d 876 (2009) Karl S. DAVIDSON v. Governor Phillip BREDESEN, in His Individual Capacity, et al. No. M2008-01298-COA-R3-CV. Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville. September 15, 2009 Session. November 23, 2009. Order Denying on Rehearing December 16, 2009. Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court

(2008) Terrence JOHNSON, Jim Harris, Alexander Friedmann, and Joshua Roberts, Plaintiffs, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee, Brook Thompson, Coordinator of Elections, Riley Darnell, Secretary of State of Tennessee, James Johnson, Administrator of Elections for Shelby County, Kim Buckley, Administrator of Elections for Madison County, and Ray Barrett, Administrator of Elections for Davidson County, in their official capacities,

500 F.Supp.2d 752 (2007) Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee, Plaintiff, v. Donald H. RUMSFELD,[1] Secretary of Defense, Defendant. No. 3:05-00640. United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division. June 26, 2007. *753 *754 Dianne Stamey Dycus, Tennessee

181 S.W.3d 292 (2005) Abu-Ali ABDUR'RAHMAN v. Phil BREDESEN, et al. Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville. June 8, 2005 Session. October 17, 2005. *297 Bradley A. MacLean and Cynthia W. MacLean, Nashville, Tennessee, and William P. Redick, Jr., Whites Creek, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman. Paul G. Su

556 F.3d 442 (2009) TENNESSEE SCRAP RECYCLERS ASSOCIATION, Metal Management Memphis, LLC, and H. Iskiwitz & Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee, The City of Memphis, Willie Herenton, Mayor of the City of Memphis, Larry A. Godwin, Chief of Police for the City of Memphis, and William L. Gibbons, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Thirtieth Judicial District, Defendants-Appell

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I concur in the Court’s holding that the district court was not deprived of subject matter jurisdiction in this case by the Tax Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1341. With respect to the merits of the case, I would hold that Tennessee has unconstitutionally discriminated on the basis of viewpoint and wo

354 F.Supp.2d 770 (2004) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE, et al. v. Philip BREDESEN, et al. No. 3:03-1046. United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, At Nashville. September 24, 2004. *771 George Edward Barrett, Barrett, Johnston & Parsley, Susan Laurie Kay, Vanderbilt Legal Clinic Vanderbilt School of Law, Nas

165 F.Supp.2d 647 (2001) Diane BREDESEN, Plaintiff, v. DETROIT FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, LOCAL NO. 5, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, Defendant. No. 00-CV-71630-DT. United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division. September 28, 2001. *648 Barbara M. Harvey, Detroit, MI, for plaintiff. Th

130 S.Ct. 541 (2009) Cecil C. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of Tennessee, et al. No. 09-7839 (09A521). Supreme Court of United States. December 2, 2009. STEVENS, J. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice STEVENS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denie

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 07a0456p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ X Plaintiff-Appe

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 07a0162p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ X Petitioner-Appellee, - PHILIP WORKMAN,

507 F.3d 998 (2007) John DOE, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee, Charles M. Traughber, Chairman, Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole, Mark Gwyn, Director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and Randall Nichols, District Attorney General 6th Judicial District, Defendants-Appellees. No. 06-6393. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Submitted

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Judith Wilson, a Tennessee resident and taxpayer, claims that a state tax violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Because the procedures available to challenge this tax in the administrative agencies and courts of the State of Tennessee are plain, speedy and efficient, the Tax Injunction Act prohibits her from challenging the tax in federal district court. We therefore affirm th

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114 S.W.3d 539 (2002) John J. HOOKER v. Phil BREDESEN. Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville. October 8, 2002 Session. October 30, 2002. John Jay Hooker, Nashville, Tennessee, pro se. Robert E. Cooper and J. Brandon Miller, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Published pursuant to Rule 11. HERSCHEL PICKENS FRANKS, J., deliv

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 08a0386p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ X - FREDERICK JELOVSEK (07-54

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge, dissenting. A state under current law may curtail a felon’s right to vote, or even forever deny it, but once a state enacts a process by which a felon may regain suffrage, that process must comport with the demands of the' Constitution. Contrary to the majority’s conclusion, I would hold that Tennessee Code § 40-29-202(b) and (c) violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S.