Legal Opinion
County of Shelby v. McWherter
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 3, 1996PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, Western Section.
This appeal involves a declaratory judg ment suit. Shelby County’s complaint 1 seeks an interpretation and declaration of the constitutionality of certain sections of the Educational Improvement Act of 1992 (EIA), as amended, now codified in Title 49 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. Shortly after the complaint was filed, the Shelby County Board of Education was allowed to intervene 2 in this suit to defend the constitutionality of a section of the act, T.CA. § 49-2-201(c), as hereinafter discussed.
There are no disputed factual issues, and the trial…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- McIntyre v. TraughberCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Estrin v. MossTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- West v. CarrTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Civil Service Merit Board of City of Knoxville v. BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by54 opinions
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