- Tennessee Court of Appeals
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Tennessee Court of Appeals Established 1925 Jurisdiction Tennessee, United States Location Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson Composition method Executive selection plus
Non-partisan retention
see Tennessee PlanAuthorized by Tennessee General Assembly Decisions are appealed to Tennessee Supreme Court Number of positions 12 - panels of 3 justices Website http://www.tncourts.gov/courts/court-appeals The Tennessee Court of Appeals was created in 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly as an intermediate appellate court to hear appeals in civil cases from the Tennessee state trial courts.
(Appeals from criminal cases are heard by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.) Appeals of judgments made by the Court of Appeals may be made to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Judges
The Court has twelve judges who sit on three-judge panels in Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. Judges are chosen via the Tennessee Plan: they are elected every eight years, and must be evaluated prior to the election in order to keep voters informed. If a vacancy occurs between election cycles (for example, if a judge dies or retires), the 17-member Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission interviews applicants and recommends three candidates to the governor. The governor then appoints a new judge to serve in the interim period until the next August general election.
The twelve judges sitting on the Court as of May 2011[update] are:[1]
- Andy D. Bennett – Middle Division
- Frank G. Clement – Middle Division
- Patricia J. Cottrell – Middle Division
- Richard H. Dinkins – Middle Division
- David R. Farmer – Western Division
- Herschel P. Franks – Eastern Division
- Alan E. Highers – Western Division
- Holly M. Kirby – Western Division
- John Westley McClarty – Eastern Division
- J. Steven Stafford – Western Division
- Charles D. Susano – Eastern Division
- D. Michael Swiney – Eastern Division
References
- ^ "Court of Appeals Judges". TN Administrative Office of the Courts. http://www.tncourts.gov/courts/court-appeals/judges. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
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