Legal Opinion
Bean v. Bailey
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 2009No. E2007-02540-SC-S10-CVPublishedCited by 88 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, C.J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.
In this extraordinary appeal pursuant to Rule 10 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, the plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred in denying the plaintiffs recusal motion. We conclude that the trial court erred by considering the opinion of a third party in violation of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10, Canon 3(B)(7) and applying an erroneous standard in evaluating the motion for recusal. Further, we conclude that a person of ordinary prudence in the judge’s position would…
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