There are 9 article(s) tagged JoeDae Jenkins:

• May 2023

  • Chancellor rules Memphis City Council can be in residency lawsuit

    A legal fight between the City of Memphis administration and Memphis City Council boiled down to a simple argument Wednesday — who gets to represent the city?

    By Samuel Hardiman May 11, 2023

• April 2023

  • May 1 hearing date set for city mayor residency legal dispute

    Attorneys for the Shelby County Election Commission also renewed a motion to dismiss the residency lawsuit. And a notice that the commission would enforce a five-year residency requirement has been removed from its website.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2023

• February 2023

  • Germantown’s Cordova Triangle to remain residential, judge rules

    After 4-and-a-half years, a judge finally decided Tuesday on the rezoning decision Germantown made on the 19.77-acre site near Neshoba Road, Germantown Road and Cordova Road.

    By Abigail Warren February 14, 2023

• March 2021

  • Court rules in favor of Arlington girls basketball team; playoff game Thursday

    Arlington will play Blackman in the Class AAA quarterfinals at 7 p.m. at MTSU.

    By John Varlas March 10, 2021

  • Decision on Arlington girls basketball pushed to Wednesday

    At Tuesday’s hearing, attorneys for Arlington’s parents argued the TSSAA’s postseason ban was “arbitrary and capricious,” while the TSSAA’s attorney argued that member schools must abide by its decisions.

    By John Varlas March 09, 2021

• February 2019

  • City Council resolution on second convention center hotel answers Sheraton lawsuit claim

    A city council resolution on the financing of a second convention center hotel added to Tuesday's agenda is an answer to changes in a lawsuit filed by the owners of the city's original convention center hotel recently.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2019

• October 2018

  • Appeals court stays most of ruling on voter registration forms

    The Tennessee Court of Appeals stayed Wednesday, Oct. 31, the effect of most of a ruling last week by Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins governing how the Shelby County Election Commission handles a backlog of voter registration forms.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2018

  • Voter registration court case details linger

    The day after Chancery Court ordered the Shelby County Election Commission to continue verifying incomplete voter registration applications so eligible people can vote by Election Day Nov. 6, NAACP leaders said they were prepared to begin contacting those prospective voters.

    By Bill Dries October 26, 2018

  • Jenkins rules against election commission, orders immediate voter registration remedies

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins ruled Thursday in favor of the Memphis Branch NAACP and the Tennessee Black Voters Project in a lawsuit that will require the Shelby County Election Commission to give potential voters a chance to fix their voter registration applications so they can cast ballots on the Nov. 6 election day. 

    By Bill Dries October 25, 2018