Intermediate Scrutiny for April 19, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. April 6–April 19, 2024 We were off last week, so you get a double dose of Intermediate Scrutiny this week: Father violates court order “on 133 specifically identified occasions,” resulting in 186-day jail sentence
Intermediate Scrutiny for April 5, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. March 30–April 5, 2024 One member of Catch22Nashville, LLC—a gastropub—sues some other members. Tennessee Court of Appeals: The major major major major problem with this lawsuit is that the LLC’s operating agreement provides that “[v]enue
Intermediate Scrutiny for March 29, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. March 22–March 29, 2024 Witness: Shows up voluntarily for a hearing. Trial Court: “Sir, let me tell you what the law says. This isn’t me, Judge Michael Binkley, saying this. This is the law
Intermediate Scrutiny for March 22, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. March 16–March 22, 2024 Biological Daughter tells her Elderly Father that she’ll take care of him in his old age, convinces him to transfer her his assets and grant her a remainder interest in
Intermediate Scrutiny for March 15, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. March 9–March 15, 2024 Pro se plaintiff repeatedly fails to comply with court orders to answer discovery in a car accident case. He has time to file serial motions to disqualify the trial court
Intermediate Scrutiny for March 8, 2024
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. March 2–March 8, 2024 Trial court issues order forbidding contact between Mother and Father who share a child. To enable court-ordered visitation exchanges, though, the original order is then modified by agreement to require contact between
