Legal Opinion
Arnold v. Tennessee Board of Paroles
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1997PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRCH, Justice.
Jimmy Arnold and Anthony Evans, both serving sentences in the Department of Correction, filed individual petitions for the common law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County. Each petitioner contended that in reviewing his file for parole the Board of Paroles (Board) failed to hold an open meeting as required by the Open Meetings Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-44-101 et seq. (1993) 1 Further, each petitioner challenged the substantive basis for the Board’s decision denying parole. 2
The trial court dismissed each petition for failure to state a claim upon…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lee v. WeismanSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
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3Cited by112 opinions
- Willis v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Inouye v. KemnaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- State Ex Rel. Moore & Associates, Inc. v. WestCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
- Turner v. Tennessee Board of ParolesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
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