Topic: an issue is dispositive when this court must either affirm … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Wilkes.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 State v. Wilkes Anchor
tenncrimapp · 1984
green “an issue is dispositive when this court must either affirm the judgment or reverse and dismiss.” 15
2 State v. Dailey
tenn · 2007
green “must make an independent determination that the certified question is dispositive.” 7

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