Legal Opinion
Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. v. City of Jackson
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 7, 2010No. W2009-00913-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly M. Kirby, J.
in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., joined.
This is an annexation case. The defendant city decided to annex twelve square miles of land to its northwest. The territory to be annexed was divided into forty-nine subareas. Some of the subareas immediately adjoin the city’s existing boundary; all are contiguous to one another. The city prepared a plan to provide services for each of the subareas. The plans of service stated that, upon annexation, the city would deliver services immediately with existing resources. The city simultaneously enacted forty-nine…
3Cases cited27 opinions
- Campbell v. Florida Steel Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1996
- Freeman Industries, LLC v. Eastman Chemical Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- Cunningham v. CunninghamTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Missouri v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hillsboro Plaza Enterprises v. MoonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
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4Cited by5 opinions
- Dennis Allen v. City of Memphis, TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
- Gene B. Cochran v. City of Memphis, TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
- Oneida Farms Development, Inc. v. Town of HuntsvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2015
- Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. v. City of JacksonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2010
- State of Tennessee Ex Rel. Mark B. Garrett v. City of Norris, TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014