Legal Opinion
Cagle v. McCanless
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1955PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
The complainants, as citizens and taxpayers of Hamilton County, filed their original bill in the Chancery Court against George F. McCanless, Attorney General of the State; the Commissioners of Election; members of the Hamilton County Council; and the Chairman of the County School Board, seeking a declaratory judgment to the end that Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 1955 be declared unconstitutional.
The bill charges that the. said Act is unconstitutional in that “it is attempting to abolish the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and to create the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Prescott v. DuncanTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- State Ex Rel. Bales v. Hamilton CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
- Donathan v. McMinn CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
- State ex rel. Thompson v. CrumpTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by4 opinions
- County of Shelby v. McWherterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Board of Education v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Board of Ed. of Memphis City Schools v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Richardson v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1964