Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 (2026)
Vesting of judicial power
✓ current as of May 2026
The judicial power of the state is vested in judges of the courts of general sessions, recorders of certain towns and cities, circuit courts, criminal courts, common law and chancery courts, chancery courts, courts of appeals, and the supreme court, and other courts created by law.
Code 1858, §§ 4094, 4095 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 1); Shan., § 5907; mod. Code 1932, § 10107; modified; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-101.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Arthur Jay Hirsch (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).
State of Tennessee v. Arthur Jay Hirsch (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). “” T.C.A. § 16-1-101. Code section 16- 10-102 vests in the circuit courts of the state “exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes and misdemeanors, either at common law or by statute, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute or this code.”
Doe v. Tennessee, State of (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . In Laborers’ International Union, Local 860, the Sixth Circuit also found significant that the judges of the state court at issue have the “authority to serve temporarily throughout Ohio’s lower court system if circumstances require” and “take an…”
State of Tennessee v. Frederick J. Schmitz, Jr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “” T.C.A. § 16-1-101. Code section 16- 10-102 vests in the circuit courts of the state “exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes and misdemeanors, either at common law or by statute, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute or this code.”
Nashville Cmty. Bail Fund, The v. Howard Gentry (M.D. Tenn. 2020). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . Most directly, then, Gentry is an employee of the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Court of the Twentieth Judicial District (“Clerk’s Office”).”
Nashville Cmty. Bail Fund, The v. Howard Gentry (M.D. Tenn. 2020). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . The state’s trial courts are divided among “thirty-one (31) judicial districts” defined by statute.”
Valentine v. Gay (M.D. Tenn. 2023). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . In Laborers’ International Union, Local 860, the Sixth Circuit also found significant that the judges of the state court at issue have the “authority to serve temporarily throughout Ohio’s lower court system if circumstances require” and “take an…”
Ross v. Shelby Co. Crim. Court (W.D. Tenn. 2020). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 (“The judicial power of the state is vested in judges of the courts of general sessions, recorders of certain towns and cities, circuit courts, criminal courts, common law and chancery courts, 2 It is possible that Ross listed the Justice Center as…”
Cole v. Madison Cnty. Dist. Attorney (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 (“The judicial power of the state is vested in judges of the courts of general sessions, recorders of certain towns and cities, circuit courts, criminal courts, common law and chancery courts, chancery courts, court of appeals, and the supreme…”
Quinton Albert Cage v. David Sexton, Warden (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “VI, §1; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . Additionally, as there is no allegation that the court departed from the mandates of the lawfully-enacted statutes criminalizing the Petitioner’s behavior, the habeas court was correct in concluding that the trial court did not…”
State of Tennessee, ex rel. Gwender L. Taylor v. Ian W. Taylor, Sr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 (1994). An action for child support is not one of those exceptions.”
State of Tennessee v. Thomas Dee Huskey (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 . The choice to use a capias, a warrant, or an attachment are all means by which a court can control the proceedings before it.”
James E. Martin v. State (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-1-101 ; Tenn. Cons t.”
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