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Willis v. Tennessee Department of Correction

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 27, 2003PublishedCited by 161 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, J.

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The issue in this ease is the proper standard to be applied to motions to dismiss petitions for common-law writ of cer-tiorari in prison disciplinary proceedings. This appeal involves a prisoner who was charged with and convicted of the disciplinary violation of attempted escape. The prisoner filed a petition for a common-law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County challenging the action of the disciplinary board arguing that it was illegal, arbitrary, and…

3Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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4Cited by161 opinions

  1. Webb v. Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  2. In Re Bernard T.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Lynch v. City of JellicoTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Lanier v. RainsTennessee Supreme Court · 2007

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