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facial constitutional challenge in Tennessee

9 Tennessee opinions name it 3 courts 2009–2026 4 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.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Richardson v. Tennessee Board of Dentistrygreen
tenn · 1995 · cited in 2 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2014–2022
2 sentences

2022In Richardson, the Supreme Court held that an administrative body may consider and resolve questions of the “unconstitutional application of a statute to the specific circumstances of a case.” Id. at 455 .

2014See, e.g., Moncier v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, 406 S.W.3d 139, 151-53 (Tenn.2013) (addressing a void-for-vagueness challenge to Rule 9, § 24.3, among other issues raised in the appeal of a hearing panel’s decision on a petition for relief from costs); cf. Richardson, 913 S.W.2d at 456-57 (discussing the procedure for raising facial constitutional challenges in proceedings governed by the Administrative Procedures Act).

12
State v. Dixongreen
tenn · 1975 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026App. June 15, 2017) (stating that because “[a] claim that the proscriptive statute is facially unconstitutional amounts to a claim that the trial court lacks jurisdiction to impose a conviction under the statute,” “a facial constitutional challenge to the proscriptive statute is not subject to the waiver provision of Rule 12” (citing State v. Dixon, 530 S.W.2d 73, 74-75 (Tenn. 1975)).

11
Alleyne v. United Statesgreen
· 2013 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
1 sentence

2017We observed in Bonds that “[d]espite simply being dubbed by the General Assembly as ‘enhanced punishment,’ the factual requirements of Section 40-35-121 are elements of the underlying criminal gang offenses because the statute increases the prescribed range of penalties applicable to a defendant.” Bonds, 502 S.W.3d at 150 ; see also Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151, 2162 (2013) (“When a finding of fact alters the legally prescribed punishment so as to aggravate it, the fact necessarily forms a constituent part of a new offense and must be submitted to the jury.”).

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Herbert S. Moncier v. Board of Professional Responsibilitygreen
tenn · 2013 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014See, e.g., Moncier v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, 406 S.W.3d 139, 151-53 (Tenn.2013) (addressing a void-for-vagueness challenge to Rule 9, § 24.3, among other issues raised in the appeal of a hearing panel’s decision on a petition for relief from costs); cf. Richardson, 913 S.W.2d at 456-57 (discussing the procedure for raising facial constitutional challenges in proceedings governed by the Administrative Procedures Act).

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Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgangreen
tenn · 2008 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014Colonial Pipeline v. Morgan, 263 S.W.3d 827, 853 (Tenn. 2008).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (6)

CaseCitedYears
Petition of Burson green
tenn · 1995
2 sentences

2009Gallaher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3d at 459 ; In re Burson, 909 S.W.2d at 775 .

2009Gallaher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3d at 459 ; In re Burson, 909 S.W.2d at 775 .

22009–2009
Gallaher v. Elam green
tenn · 2003
2 sentences

2009Gallaher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3d at 459 ; In re Burson, 909 S.W.2d at 775 .

2009Gallaher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3d at 459 ; In re Burson, 909 S.W.2d at 775 .

22009–2009
Fletcher Whaley Long v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee green
tenn · 2014
1 sentence

2025Id. at 184–85.

12025–2025
Reginald Dion Hughes v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole green
· 2017
1 sentence

2021In Hughes v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole, 514 S.W.3d 707 (Tenn. 2017), the Tennessee Supreme Court addressed the same “as-applied” constitutional 2 In his appellate brief, Mr. Halliburton also asserts a facial constitutional challenge to Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-812 , but he failed to raise this issue in the chancery court.

12021–2021
State v. Bonds green
tenncrimapp · 2015
1 sentence

2017We observed in Bonds that “[d]espite simply being dubbed by the General Assembly as ‘enhanced punishment,’ the factual requirements of Section 40-35-121 are elements of the underlying criminal gang offenses because the statute increases the prescribed range of penalties applicable to a defendant.” Bonds, 502 S.W.3d at 150 ; see also Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151, 2162 (2013) (“When a finding of fact alters the legally prescribed punishment so as to aggravate it, the fact necessarily forms a constituent part of a new offense and must be submitted to the jury.”).

12017–2017
State v. Rhoden green
tenncrimapp · 1987
1 sentence

2017Rhoden, 739 S.W.2d at 10 .

12017–2017

Where else courts name it

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