Legal Opinion
Fuller v. Campbell
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 16, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
An inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction filed an action in the Chancery Court of Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment stating that because of his medical condition the Department should be required to test him for drugs by a patch rather than by a urine sample. The chancellor granted the state’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the court was without authority to entertain a declaratory judgment against the state or its officers and that the complaint did not state a cause of action under the Administrative Procedures Act. We affirm and note the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Hill v. BeelerTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Mandela v. CampbellTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- L.L. Bean, Inc. v. BraceyTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Charlie Gardner, Jr. v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
- Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association Local 820 and Tara Weaver v. City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga City Council, and Chattanooga Fire DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
- Fuller v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003