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7 Tennessee opinions name it 3 courts 1985–2016 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
Gibson County Special School District v. Palmergreen2 sentences1994Id. at 551 (internal citations and quotations omitted). 1994Id. at 551 (internal citations and quotations omitted). | 2 | 3 |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. v. Cardwellgreen2 sentences1997Our supreme court noted in Lowe’s Companies Inc. v. Cardwell, 813 S.W.2d 428, 430 (Tenn. 1991), that “a court may, under appropriate circumstances and in keeping with the expressed intent of a legislative body, elide an unconstitutional portion of a statute and find the remaining provisions to be constitutional and effective.” The supreme court further noted that the expressed intent of the legislative body should appear on the face of the statute, and the supreme court determined that the inclusion of a severability clause is evidence of the legislature’s expressed intent. 1997Lowe’s Companies, Inc., 813 S.W.2d at 431 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Catlett v. State
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2 sentences1994Cat- lett v. State, 207 Tenn. 1 , 336 S.W.2d 8 (1960). 1994Cat- lett v. State, 207 Tenn. 1 , 336 S.W.2d 8 (1960). | 3 | 1985–1994 |
Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc. v. Donald Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee, and John Knox Walkup, Attorney General
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1 sentence2016Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc., 175 F.3d at 466 . ―The inclusion of a severability clause in the statute has been held by this Court to evidence an intent on the part of the legislature to have the valid parts of the statute in force if some other portion of the statute has been declared unconstitutional.‖ Gibson Cty. | 1 | 2016–2016 |
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.