Legal Opinion
Dehoff v. Attorney General
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1978PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
The plaintiffs have appealed from the action of the trial court dismissing their suit for a declaratory judgment upon the ground that it was an election contest and as such was barred by the ten day period of limitations prescribed for filing of election contests by T.C.A., § 2-1705.
The controversy grows out of the enactment of a private act applicable only to Rutherford County, Chapter 187 of the Private Acts of 1974, which, as stated in its caption, was intended “to relieve the county judge of all judicial functions, powers and responsibilities and to transfer those…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Hatcher v. BellTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Finlayson v. Township of West BloomfieldMichigan Supreme Court · 1948
- Campbell v. Nassau CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947
- Rodgers v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
3Cited by18 opinions
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- William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. PembertonTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
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