July 5–July 11, 2025 Grieving Mother and your humble Summarist’s law firm file unconstitutional-conditions lawsuit against Metro Nashville challenging local ordinance and Tennessee statute that interfere with civilian oversight of police. (The provisions instruct that victims of police misconduct lose the right to oversight if they
June 21–July 4, 2025 Tennessee Court of Appeals: As a pro tip, if you execute a broadly-worded release and then sue arguable third-party beneficiaries of that release, you may find yourself in serious trouble. And for that reason, a plaintiff’s tort claims against his
June 14–20, 2025 Appellant (on April 4, 2025) appeals final order entered by trial court on March 3, 2024. Tennessee Court of Appeals: Show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. Appellant: … Tennessee Court of Appeals: We mean it, show
June 7–June 13, 2025 HOA sues Homeowners for operating short-term rentals that HOA contends are prohibited by the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions that govern the properties. Trial court: Both parties’ competing interpretations of the CC&Rs are reasonable, so Homeowners win. Tennessee Court of Appeals: Affirmed.
May 31–June 6, 2025 Plaintiffs—one of them an oft-sanctioned lawyer—file especially vindictive SLAPP-suit against Mother after Mother speaks out about Plaintiffs’ troubling behavior toward Mother’s minor daughter. The lawsuit is filed shortly after Mother reports Plaintiffs to DCS. Following extensive trial court proceedings, trial
May 24–May 30, 2025 Pro Se Litigant chronically violates discovery orders. Eventually, the trial court sanctions Pro Se Litigant by dismissing his complaint without prejudice. After the trial court announces that ruling, but before its written dismissal order enters, Pro Se Litigant moves to
May 17–May 23, 2025 After Defendants complain about their HOA refusing to let them erect a wooden security fence for their disabled son, HOA Officials file a “Civil Warrant Restraining Order”—which famously is not a thing—in Blount County General Sessions Court. Defendants petition to
May 10–May 16, 2025 Widely Disliked Tennessee Lawyer serves as plaintiff in a Tennessee Adult Protection Act (elder abuse) case. The case involves two competing wills: a 2016 will that leaves Decedent’s estate to a local animal shelter, and a 2020 will that leaves Decedent’s
May 3–May 9, 2025 Dog Owners own two dogs. Those dogs previously attacked an employee of the facility where Dog Owners boarded them. So Dog Owners are told that their dogs cannot be boarded at that facility anymore, and they switch boarding facilities. Sadly,
April 26–May 2, 2025 Woman is on the receiving end of a series of orders of protection for stalking—and making threatening and unhinged posts directed at—a member of the rock band Mötley Crüe and his family. The orders broadly prohibit Woman from contacting the Petitioner, either