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9 Tennessee opinions name it 1 courts 1983–2024 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 |
|---|---|---|
River Park Hospital, Inc. v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.green2 sentences2019CONVERSION, KIDNAPPING & CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD A. Conversion of a Child The Complaint alleges that Defendants “collectively engaged in a conspiracy to convert the person of the child to the adoptive parents, illegally and for profit.”5 Plaintiff argues that her child became “property” when Defendants made the child the subject of a 5 The elements of a conversion claim include: “(1) an appropriation of another’s tangible property to one’s use and benefit; (2) an intentional exercise of dominion over the chattel alleged to have been converted; and (3) defiance of the true owner’s rights to 2019A conversion claim focuses on “the interference with a property owner’s right.” Id. (quoting Gen. | 2 | 2 |
Kayla Nicole Nunley v. Estate of Billy G. Nunley, and Earl Montgomerygreen2 sentences2004Nunley v. Nunley, 925 S.W.2d 538, 541 (Tenn.Ct.App. 1996). 2000Nunley v. Nunley, 925 S.W.2d 538, 541 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). | 2 | 2 |
Plourde Sand & Gravel Co. v. JGI Eastern, Inc.green1 sentence2024When it applies, the economic loss doctrine “‘operates generally to preclude contracting parties from pursuing tort recovery for purely economic or commercial losses associated with the contract relationship.’” Id. (quoting Plourde Sand & Gravel v. JGI E., Inc., 917 A.2d 1250, 1253 (N.H. 2007)). | 1 | 1 |
Joan Stephens v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.green1 sentence2019For example, “[c]ourts resolving a motion to dismiss may consider ‘items subject to judicial notice, matters of public record, orders, [and] items appearing in the record of the case . . . without converting the motion into one for summary judgment.’” Stephens v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 529 S.W.3d 63, 74 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016) (quoting Haynes v. Bass, No. W2015-01192-COA-R3- CV, 2016 WL 3351365 , at *4 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 9, 2016), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Oct. 21, 2016)) (some internal citations omitted); see also Cochran v. City of Memphis, No. W2012-01346-COA-R3- CV, 2013 WL 1122803 , at * | 1 | 1 |
David White v. Empire Express, Inc. and Empire Transportation, Inc.green1 sentence2019CONVERSION, KIDNAPPING & CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD A. Conversion of a Child The Complaint alleges that Defendants “collectively engaged in a conspiracy to convert the person of the child to the adoptive parents, illegally and for profit.”5 Plaintiff argues that her child became “property” when Defendants made the child the subject of a 5 The elements of a conversion claim include: “(1) an appropriation of another’s tangible property to one’s use and benefit; (2) an intentional exercise of dominion over the chattel alleged to have been converted; and (3) defiance of the true owner’s rights to | 1 | 1 |
cluster 518733green1 sentence1995Id. at 1547, n. 12 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
C-Wood Lumber Co. v. Wayne County Bank
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2 sentences2011In C-Wood Lumber Co., after finding that the bank was not a holder in due course of the checks at issue, the Court went on to examine the terms of the fiduciary’s authority in the corporate resolution to determine if they provided the defendant bank with “a defense against C-Wood’s conversion claim.” C-Wood Lumber Co., 233 S.W.3d at 288 . 2011It noted that a signature card and a corporate resolution “create[] a contractual relationship between a bank and its corporate customer.” Id. at 286 . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Unlimited Screw Products, Inc. v. Malm
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1 sentence1995The court granted the competitor’s motion for summary judgment on the conversion claim, noting that “it would seem preferable to fashion other remedies, such as unfair competition, to protect people from having intangible values used and appropriated in unfair ways.” Id. (citing W. | 1 | 1995–1995 |
Berry v. Travelers Insurance Co.
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1 sentence1983(Citations omitted). 14 S.E.2d at 201 . | 1 | 1983–1983 |
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.