Intermediate Scrutiny for February 21, 2025
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
Intermediate Scrutiny for January 24, 2025
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
Intermediate Scrutiny for January 10, 2025
December 28, 2024–January 10, 2025 After receiving an anonymous report of sexual assault that the anonymous reporter alleged was perpetrated by Pastor, the Southern Baptist Convention contacts Pastor’s employer both orally and in writing. Orally, an employee of the Southern Baptist Convention suggests that an allegation about Pastor involving “contact with a minor” (which
Intermediate Scrutiny for December 27, 2024
December 21–December 27, 2024 Plaintiff seeks a declaration that provisions of her settlement agreement with Fellowship Bible Church of Williamson County that have the purpose or effect of concealing the details relating to a claim of child sexual abuse are unenforceable under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-34-103, which provides that: “Notwithstanding any law to
Intermediate Scrutiny for December 20, 2024
December 7–December 20, 2024 Tennessee inmate files declaratory judgment action based on the Tennessee Constitution’s safe prisons clause, noting that he has been attacked once already, remains in danger, that the private prison operator that runs the prison has agreed to transfer him elsewhere, and that the Tennessee Department of Correction has inexplicably blocked
Intermediate Scrutiny for December 6, 2024
November 30–December 6, 2024 A county regional planning commission denies an application to place a quarry in an agricultural zone because: (1) the quarry is not a permitted use, and (2) the relevant zoning scheme states that all nonpermitted uses are prohibited. The trial court affirms the planning commission’s decision on certiorari review, and
