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9 Tennessee opinions name it 3 courts 1995–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Campbell v. Anderson Countygreen2 sentences2019Campbell v. Anderson County, 695 F.Supp.2d 764, 778 (E.D. 2011The civil rights exception was discussed at length in Campbell v. Anderson County, 695 F. Supp.2d 764 . | 1 | 2 |
City of Mason v. Banksgreen1 sentence2025Id. (quoting City of Mason v. Banks, 581 S.W.2d 621, 627 (Tenn. 1979)). | 1 | 1 |
Henderson v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2025Nichols, 2021 WL 1426992 , at *1; see also Henderson v. United States, 568 U.S. 266, 271 , 133 S. Ct. 1121 , 185 L. 2025Nichols, 2021 WL 1426992 , at *1; see also Henderson v. United States, 568 U.S. 266, 271 , 133 S. Ct. 1121 , 185 L. | 1 | 1 |
Brian Devereux v. Knox Cnty., Tenn.green2 sentences2025See Devereux v. Knox Cnty., 15 F.4th 388 , 397 (6th Cir. 2021) (noting that “under Cochran, the issue is whether the claims ‘did not sound in civil rights,’ and the presence of a civil rights claim is not strictly necessary for the civil rights exception to apply”); (quoting Cochran, 586 S.W.3d at 920). 2025See Devereux v. Knox Cnty., 15 F.4th 388 , 397 (6th Cir. 2021) (noting that “under Cochran, the issue is whether the claims ‘did not sound in civil rights,’ and the presence of a civil rights claim is not strictly necessary for the civil rights exception to apply”); (quoting Cochran, 586 S.W.3d at 920). | 1 | 1 |
Timmons v. Metropolitan Government of Nashvillegreen1 sentence2025Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 307 S.W.3d 735, 741 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009) (involving a claim of injury due to handcuffing, but where no party argued that the civil rights exception was applicable)). | 1 | 1 |
Limbaugh v. Coffee Medical Centergreen2 sentences2019As Cochran observed, [i]mportantly, our holding today is in keeping with the well- established principle that “statutes permitting suits against the State must be strictly construed.” Moreno v. City of Clarksville, 479 S.W.3d 795 , 809–10 (Tenn. 2015); see also Limbaugh, 59 S.W.3d at 83 (“[A]s the legislature created [the GTLA] in derogation of the common law . . . the Act must be strictly construed.”) (citing Lockhart ex rel. 2019While this proposition is generally correct “under appropriate circumstances,” Hughes, 340 S.W.3d at 368 (citing Limbaugh, 59 S.W.3d at 84 ), as already discussed, in this case alleging police assault and battery, the civil rights exception applies to preserve immunity. | 1 | 1 |
Autry Ex Rel. Hood v. Hookergreen1 sentence2019Regarding claims for negligence against a government employee, Tenn. Code Ann § 29-20-310(c) provides, in pertinent part, as follows: No claim may be brought against an employee or judgment entered against an employee for injury proximately caused by an act or omission of the employee within the scope of the employee’s employment for which the governmental entity is immune in any amount in excess of the amounts established for governmental entities in § 29-20-403, unless the act or omission was willful, malicious, criminal, or performed for personal financial gain[.] In Autry v. Hooker, 304 S. | 1 | 1 |
Howell v. Stategreen1 sentence2008T.C.A. § 40-30-103 (2003); Howell v. State, 151 S.W.3d 450, 460 (Tenn. 2004). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Wallace v. Kato
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1 sentence2019Wallace, 549 U.S. at 386-89 . | 1 | 2019–2019 |
Richard Moreno v. City of Clarksville
green
1 sentence2019As Cochran observed, [i]mportantly, our holding today is in keeping with the well- established principle that “statutes permitting suits against the State must be strictly construed.” Moreno v. City of Clarksville, 479 S.W.3d 795 , 809–10 (Tenn. 2015); see also Limbaugh, 59 S.W.3d at 83 (“[A]s the legislature created [the GTLA] in derogation of the common law . . . the Act must be strictly construed.”) (citing Lockhart ex rel. | 1 | 2019–2019 |
Hughes v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
green
1 sentence2019While this proposition is generally correct “under appropriate circumstances,” Hughes, 340 S.W.3d at 368 (citing Limbaugh, 59 S.W.3d at 84 ), as already discussed, in this case alleging police assault and battery, the civil rights exception applies to preserve immunity. | 1 | 2019–2019 |
Lester v. Walker
green
2 sentences2001As this court said, referring to claims against the individual defendants in Lester v. Walker, 907 S.W.2d 812 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995), “[u]ntil the [Claims Commission] finds that all of the acts complained of were within the authority and duties of the defendants as employees of the State of Tennessee, the pending claim against the state is not conclusive of the rights of plaintiff against these defendants.” 907 S.W.2d at 815 . 2001As this court said, referring to claims against the individual defendants in Lester v. Walker, 907 S.W.2d 812 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995), “[u]ntil the [Claims Commission] finds that all of the acts complained of were within the authority and duties of the defendants as employees of the State of Tennessee, the pending claim against the state is not conclusive of the rights of plaintiff against these defendants.” 907 S.W.2d at 815 . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
green
1 sentence1999Before a custom can be the basis for a civil rights violation, the custom must be “so permanent and well settled as to constitute a ‘custom or usage’ with the force of law.” Monell, 436 U.S. at 690 , 98 S.Ct. 2035 . | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Arizona v. Cook
green
2 sentences1995Woods v. Candela, 13 F.3d 574 (2nd Cir.1994), vacated, ___ U.S. ___, 115 S.Ct. 44 , 130 L.Ed.2d 5 (1994). 1995Woods v. Candela, 13 F.3d 574 (2nd Cir.1994), vacated, - U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 44 , 130 L.Ed.2d 5 (1994). | 1 | 1995–1995 |
Darryl J. Woods v. Joseph Candela
green
2 sentences1995Woods v. Candela, 13 F.3d 574 (2nd Cir.1994), vacated, ___ U.S. ___, 115 S.Ct. 44 , 130 L.Ed.2d 5 (1994). 1995Woods v. Candela, 13 F.3d 574 (2nd Cir.1994), vacated, - U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 44 , 130 L.Ed.2d 5 (1994). | 1 | 1995–1995 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.