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Court unanimously favors Tennessee in groundwater dispute with Mississippi

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Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. Equitable-apportionment law seeks to balance the states’ sovereign interests in water by delineating how exactly the two states will share an interstate waterway. “[W]e

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No wrongful foreclosure cause of action in Tennessee.

Day on Torts

Tennessee does not recognize a common law cause of action for wrongful foreclosure. 14, 2024), the Tennessee Supreme Court held that there is no tort for wrongful foreclosure in Tennessee. The Supreme Court, however, ruled that no such claim exists in Tennessee. Wilmington Trust, N.A. ,

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In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater

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Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Tennessee , therefore, is whether the equitable apportionment doctrine (automatically) applies to groundwater resources.

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Justices throw cold water on Mississippi’s claim to groundwater

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Tennessee , dealt with Mississippi’s claim that Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s groundwater. Arguing for Mississippi, Mississippi Deputy Solicitor General John Coghlan repeatedly emphasized the extraterritorial effect of Memphis’ pumping from an aquifer that straddles the Mississippi-Tennessee border.

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Statute of limitations extended to two years where defendant was given traffic citation after car accident.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff’s personal injury claim was based on a Tennessee car accident for which defendant was given a traffic citation for failure to exercise due care under Tenn. 55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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Jack Daniels wins big in challenge to spoofing “Bad Spaniels” dog toy

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2 On Your Tennessee Carpet” replaces “Old No. 7 Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey.” Kagan rests her analysis on two basic points of trademark law, summarized emphatically at the beginning and reiterated at the end of her opinion. For the observer, perhaps the most notable thing about the opinion is the muscular tone.

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Wrong defendants in certificate of good faith caption should have resulted in dismissal.

Day on Torts

April 14, 2022), plaintiff filed an HCLA claim against several defendants, including the State of Tennessee as the employer of Dr. Landry, who was allegedly negligent. Note: Chapter 46, Section 2 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision. In Gilbert v. State , No.

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