Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Vicars v. City of Kingsport

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 8, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs below have appealed the circuit judge’s order dismissing their suit to contest an annexation by referendum by the City of Kingsport. In this appeal it is insisted that the circuit judge erred in holding plaintiffs were not entitled to a judicial review of a suit in the nature of quo war-ranto or a review by writ of certiorari. Also appellants insist the circuit judge erred in finding, after a hearing on the merits, that appellants’ constitutional rights to equal protection and due process were not violated by the officials of’the City of Kingsport.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Deane Hill Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville and George F. McCanless Attorney General of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
  3. City of Oak Ridge v. Roane CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. City of Birmingham v. Community Fire DistrictSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Town of Oneida v. Pearson Hardwood Flooring Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1935

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Smith v. Town of Church HillCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  2. Franklin County, TN v. The Town of Monteagle, TNCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Highwoods Properties, Inc. v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007

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