Intermediate Scrutiny Blog

April 19–April 25, 2025 Plaintiffs file suit in 2021 related to a 2017 property sale contract between their LLC and Defendants.  The Plaintiffs amend their complaint in 2023 but do not add the LLC as a party.  In 2024, the Plaintiffs move for leave to file a second amended complaint that would clarify that both

March 22–April 18, 2025 One of Tennessee’s most-reversed trial court judges is assigned a procedurally complex de novo General Sessions appeal of a granted stalking-based order of protection.  Halfway through the trial on the stalker’s de novo appeal to Circuit Court, the stalker nonsuits his appeal.  The nonsuit triggers a rule that the General

March 8–March 21, 2025 Neighbors hate one another.  After doing some research, Neighbor #1 posts (as part of a larger statement, much of which was uncontestedly true): “The criminal check revealed that [Neighbor #2] has a criminal record in Texas. [Neighbor #2] moved to Knoxville from Texas after she was arrested for ‘Deadly Conduct’

February 22–March 7, 2025 After obtaining a Grandparent Visitation Order over Single Father’s objections, Grandparents file 23-count criminal contempt petition against Single Father, seek to have him jailed for 230 days based on asserted violations of the Grandparent Visitation Order.  After a bench trial, former Williamson County Judge Michael Binkley convicts Single Father on all 23

January 25–February 21, 2025 Plaintiff sues his Former Attorney for legal malpractice.  In response to Former Attorney’s motion for summary judgment (which had been delayed and continued already), Plaintiff’s Current Attorney commits much clearer legal malpractice, fails to timely respond to Former Attorney’s motion for summary judgment.  The failure results in Plaintiff’s response being

January 11–24, 2025 Probate court for Shelby County (one of Tennessee’s two most reliably reversed judicial districts) enters a surprise, unexplained, sua sponte order dismissing a conservatorship action.  Tennessee Court of Appeals: The trial court’s order is inexplicable, so even though a trial court speaks through its written orders, we have reviewed the transcript in an effort