John Jay Hooker, on behalf of himself and others v. Governor Bill Haslam

OPINION

in which DAVID G. HAYES, J., and DONALD P. HARRIS, J., joined. 1

Plaintiff filed this action in Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Retention Election Statutes, Tenn.Code Ann. § 17-4-101 et seq. The Trial Judge held the statutes were constitutional, but concluded that intermediate appellate judges are subject to retention election only by the qualified voters of the grand division in which the judge resides. Plaintiff appealed. We affirm the Trial Court’s decision that the statutes are constitutional, but reverse the Trial Court’s holding that intermediate…