Conaway: If we don’t do Memphis over, others will, and soon
“We have to get our act together. The city and county mayors need to sit down together for a cup of coffee. Strong coffee. A pot of it.”
Topic: Wanda Halbert
RSSThere are 116 article(s) tagged Wanda Halbert:
-
March 2025
-
-
February 2025
-
Road to new county budget includes some red ink
County officials aren’t putting any dollar figures to the deficit they expect when County Mayor Lee Harris presents his budget proposal in late April. But it’s the talk of the County Commission’s early budget hearings.
-
County officials told to ‘invite Halbert’ to hiring, funding talks
A group of countywide office holders was frustrated when the Shelby County Commission again delayed a vote on changes to hiring and funding they wanted. They were told that County Clerk Wanda Halbert needed to be included in the discussions.
-
-
January 2025
-
City auto-fee hike not collected for seven months, leaves $7M pothole
The city’s vehicle-registration fee was supposed to double — from $30 to $60 — as of July 1. But the Shelby County Clerk’s office has not implemented the change.
-
Attorney files appeal in dismissal of case to oust Halbert
Robert Meyers, who is representing the county in the ouster petition, filed the appeal Friday, Jan. 17. The timetable for when the appeal will be heard is uncertain, but Meyers asked that the case be expedited.
-
Ouster attempts, off-the-ballot action and other highlights: 2024 Political Roundup
The year in politics was topped by the presidential general election and several local election races that warmed political fires left untended by the distant campaign for president. The top political stories of 2024 also include the transition from elections to governing for other leaders.
-
-
November 2024
-
Sanford: It’s time to end protracted effort to oust Wanda Halbert
I say it’s time to end the costly courtroom haggling. It’s clear that Halbert is not leaving on her own, and conditions in the Clerk’s Office don’t appear to have further deteriorated. And soon she’ll be a lame duck.
-
Judge rules on Wanda Halbert’s removal
This has been the second attempt to remove the Shelby County clerk.
-
Latest Halbert hearing set
Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson will hold a hearing on a motion by Wanda Halbert’s attorneys to dismiss attempt to remove her.
-
Final brief filed in Wanda Halbert ouster case
The question before Chancellor Felicia Corbin-Johnson is whether the county attorney’s office could hire a special counsel to pursue an ouster lawsuit that the county attorney could not pursue because of a conflict of interest.
-
Legal dispute ties up second Wanda Halbert ouster case
A motion to dismiss the ouster lawsuit against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is pending before Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson. If dismissed, it would be the second ouster lawsuit against Halbert to be thrown out in less than a year.
-
-
September 2024
-
Judge in Halbert ouster case wants more information
Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson wants briefs from both sides in the ouster attempt as she weighs a motion to dismiss it.
-
Judge in Halbert ouster complaint weighs second dismissal
Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson plans to make a ruling in writing “in a week or so” on whether to dismiss or hear the ouster complaint filed last month against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.
-
Judge denies motion that would’ve ousted Wanda Halbert from office
All sides are back in court Tuesday for a hearing on Halbert’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.
-
Second Halbert ouster suit gets hearing next week
All sides in the ouster lawsuit are due in Circuit Court next week to sort out various motions including one seeking to declare Wanda Halbert in default for not responding directly to the complaint.
-
-
August 2024
-
Wanda Halbert uses Donald Trump case as defense
“No law or rule that allows Shelby County to utilize taxpayer funds to circumvent the will of the people,” reads a memorandum defending Halbert from ouster. “The people voted for Ms. Halbert.”
-
Second ouster petition filed against Wanda Halbert
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is facing a second ouster petition after the first was dismissed in June.
-
-
July 2024
-
Car dealer services at Shelby Farms clerk’s office closed for rest of week
The location at Mullins Station Road will continue to provide all other services.
-
-
June 2024
-
Shelby County attorney’s office continues effort to oust Wanda Halbert
Lee Whitwell, chief litigation attorney for the office, confirmed to The Daily Memphian in an email Friday night that he has hired Robert Meyers of law firm Glanker Brown to continue the proceedings.
-
What’s next for the ouster petition against Wanda Halbert?
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert will remain in office after Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson dismissed an ouster petition against her. What could happen next?
-
County ‘stuck’ with Halbert unless someone else files ouster petition
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert and Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp had different reactions at simultaneous press conferences Tuesday, June 18, following news a local judge had dismissed Wamp’s ouster petition against Halbert.
Related content:
-
Wanda Halbert ouster suit dismissed
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson has dismissed the lawsuit attempting to oust Wanda Halbert as Shelby County Clerk.
-
-
May 2024
-
Halbert ouster trial set for August, move to suspend gets June hearing
A judge set a trial date for Wanda Halbert during the first court appearance in her ouster suit. She’ll also be back in court in June for a hearing on whether she should be suspended pending the outcome of the August trial.
-
Halbert ouster case tests boundaries of ‘willful neglect’
The attempt to oust Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert from office is in Circuit Court for a preliminary hearing May 31. The arguments filed by both sides in the suit show the case will be about legal definitions of willful neglect.
-
The colorful history of Tennessee’s ouster law
Here’s a history of previous local ouster cases including the one that ousted E.H. Crump from the mayor’s office in 1916, a Shelby County Sheriff shortly after that and a Shelby County commissioner in the 1960s.
-