Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-2-116 (2026)

Grounds for rehearing

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A petition for rehearing will lie only for the following grounds:

(1) Some material error of law committed by the commission;

(2) Some material error of fact committed by the commission; or

(3) The discovery of new evidence sufficiently strong to reverse or modify the commission's order, and which could not have been previously discovered by due diligence.

Acts 1953, ch. 162, § 15 (Williams, § 5501.38); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-216; Acts 1995, ch. 305, § 9.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: B&W Pipeline, LLC v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth. (2017).

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B&W Pipeline, LLC v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth. (2017). “See also Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-2-116 (providing that a petition for rehearing before the Authority can be maintained where new evidence is discovered “which could not have been previously discovered by due diligence.”

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