Legal Opinion
Washington County Board of Education v. MarketAmerica, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1985PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
In this declaratory judgment action, the Washington County Board of Education seeks to have its contract with MarketAm-erica, Inc. declared null and void ab initio. The trial court granted the relief sought, on grounds the Plaintiff was without authority to enter into the contract in the first place. A divided Court of Appeals reversed, and we granted Plaintiff’s application for permission to appeal.
The dispositive issue in this lawsuit is whether a county school board has the statutory authority to enter into a contract which requires contract payments beyond the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Trull v. City of LobelvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Brown v. Polk CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
- Cox v. Greene CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
- State ex rel. Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities v. City of JacksonTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by15 opinions
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