Legal Opinion
Bredesen v. Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 2007No. M2006-02722-SC-RDM-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, Sp. J., joined. 1
This appeal concerns the process for appointing a new justice to become the fifth member of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The issues in this case involve the proper interpretation of sections 17-4-101 to 17-4-118 of the Tennessee Code Annotated (“the Tennessee Plan”) and matters of constitutional law. For the reasons stated below, we hold that: (1) the first list of nominees certified to the Governor under the Tennessee Plan was not rendered invalid upon one nominee’s subsequent withdrawal from…
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