Hooker v. Haslam

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On February 21, 2012, John Jay Hooker filed this declaratory judgment suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County naming as defendants the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Speakers of the House and Senate, the Chair of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the Attorney General, and Judge Jeffrey S. Bivins, challenging the gubernatorial appointment of Judge Bivins to the Court of Criminal Appeals under Tennessee Code Annotated sections 17-4-101 through 17-4-119 (2009) (the “Tennessee Plan”) and asserting that the impending August 2, 2012 retention election violates article VI,…