Legal Opinion
Southern Constructors, Inc. v. Loudon County Board of Education
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 2001No. E2000-02577-SC-S09-CVPublishedCited by 332 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.
The issue in this case is whether a county board of education has the authority to arbitrate a dispute arising out of a school construction contract. After the parties completed arbitration, the plaintiff filed suit to vacate the award, arguing that the defendant, a county board of education, lacked the statutory authority to agree to arbitration. The defendant unsuccessfully moved for summary judgment, and it sought interlocutory appeal with the trial court’s…
3Cases cited25 opinions
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- County of Shelby v. McWherterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- City of Hartford v. American Arbitration Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- City of Madison v. Frank Lloyd Wright FoundationWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
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