Court Prima Facie Case Statute 
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2023
Share People given consecutive sentences under the federal law that imposes penalties for the use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking may now be entitled to a new sentencing hearing, thanks to the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Friday in Lora v. United States.
At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Two months ago , the Supreme Court in People v. Last week, the Legislature sent to the Governor a bill — SB 775 — that would amend the statute. Last week, the Legislature sent to the Governor a bill — SB 775 — that would amend the statute. It’s unclear whether SB 775 would affect those cases.
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Day on Torts
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn.
JayS.Rothman&Associates
MAY 17, 2023
For example, courts have held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination on the basis of their associates’ race, gender, religion, and/or national origin. Iona College, a federal appellate court explained the rationale for reading associational discrimination into Title VII. In Holcomb v.
Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The trial court denied the TPPA motion to dismiss, and plaintiffs appealed this denial, which was vacated on appeal due to the trial court’s use of the wrong analysis. The Court of Appeals quoted Tenn. 20-17-105(a)(b); additional citation omitted). internal citation omitted).
Day on Torts
JANUARY 11, 2022
Where plaintiff had filed complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) complaining of the same allegations that allegedly supported her legal malpractice claim, and those BPR complaints were filed more than one year before the legal malpractice suit was filed, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.
At the Lectern
MAY 19, 2022
At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, actions of note included: Supreme Court allows Governor to commute murder sentence. The court issued writs of review in California-American Water Company v. The court also granted review in People v. Prudholme , a case which the Supreme Court un-held this past December.
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