Legal Opinion
Brown v. Tennessee Title Loans, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2010No. E2008-01758-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 137 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
We granted this interlocutory appeal to answer a single question of first impression: whether the Tennessee Title Pledge Act, Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 45-15-101 to -120 (2000), permits a private right of action on behalf of pledgors against title pledge lenders who allegedly charged excessive interest and prohibited fees. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ Title Pledge Act allegations for failure to state a claim, and the Court of Appeals reversed. We hold that the…
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