John Jay Hooker, on behalf of himself and others, v. Governor Bill Haslam, et al.
Case Number: M2012-01299-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Originating Judge: Judge Hamilton Gayden, Jr.
Date Filed: Friday, July 27, 2012
Plaintiff filed this action in Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Retention Election Statutes, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 17-4-1010 et seq. The Trial Judge held the statutes were constitutional, but concluded that intermediate appellate judges are subject to retention election only by the qualified voters of the grand division in which the judge resides. Plaintiff appealed. We affirm the Trial Court’s decision that the statutes are constitutional, but reverse the Trial Court’s holding that intermediate appellate judges are subject to retention only by the qualified voters of the grand division in which the judge resides.
Elsie Renee Braswell v. Randy Bernard Braswell, Sr.
Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2012-01382-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Per Curiam
Originating Judge: Judge W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth
Date Filed: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The order from which the appellant, Randy Bernard Braswell, Sr., seeks to appeal was entered on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. A notice of appeal was filed by the appellant on Friday, June 29, 2012, the 72nd day following the entry of the trial court’s order. Because the notice of appeal was not filed timely, we have no jurisdiction to consider this appeal. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed.