There are 9 article(s) tagged Shelby County Circuit Court:

• October 2024

  • Two Memphis judges up for Tennessee appeals court seat

    Six finalists will be interviewed in November by the Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments, which will then select three finalists to submit to Gov. Bill Lee.

    By Aarron Fleming October 25, 2024

• September 2024

  • Fewer firsts: Female judges talk diminishing gender gap

    When Judge Carolyn Wade Blackett first took the bench 30 years ago, she said it was “strange” to be one of only a few women. At her first judicial conference, colleagues mistook her for hotel staff.

    By Julia Baker September 01, 2024

• August 2024

  • Germantown school board candidate has $5M lawsuit against district

    The complaint, filed in Shelby County Circuit Court in 2016, has yet to be settled. Vicki Gandee family’s complaint stems from an injury their son Jackson Gandee suffered while lifting weights at Houston High’s football practice.

    By Abigail Warren August 26, 2024

• February 2024

  • Memphis Judge Mary Wagner appointed to Tennessee Supreme Court

    Gov. Bill Lee has now appointed a majority of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s justices.

    By Ian Round February 01, 2024

• September 2023

  • Memphis River Parks sues Memphis in May

    The lawsuit over damages to Tom Lee Park seeks $675,000 on a $1.425 million bill due in mid-August. The other $750,000 is covered by a damage deposit paid by the city and the festival.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2023

• June 2022

  • Special judicial panel to hear Pamela Moses’ petition to vote again

    The three-judge panel, selected by the Tennessee Supreme Court, will oversee Moses’ case to challenge the constitutionality of her permanent disenfranchisement due to a guilty plea to a felony charge in 2015.

    By Julia Baker June 30, 2022

• May 2021

  • Byhalia Pipeline lawsuit continues, against plaintiffs’ wishes

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin Johnson has decided to make a ruling on whether a private oil pipeline company can legally seize access to land through eminent domain proceedings, even though the original lawsuits initiating those proceedings have been withdrawn.

    By Blake Fontenay May 15, 2021

  • Despite truce, pipeline case may move forward

    Last week’s declared “truce” notwithstanding, a group of citizens opposing construction of an oil pipeline through South Memphis neighborhoods want two lawsuits involving the project to move forward.

    By Blake Fontenay May 13, 2021

• April 2019

  • Judge Robert Weiss gets slapped with public reprimand

    Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Robert Weiss has received a rare public reprimand for taking too long to issue rulings in two cases.

    By Yolanda Jones April 04, 2019