Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Burson
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided July 22, 1996No. 3:96-0652Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This case, in the interest of justice, is hereby transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division.
The transfer is necessary to avoid actual and potential conflicts between the United States District Courts in Tennessee over whether the elections for the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals should be contested or retention elections.
The parties in Hooker v. Burson, this ease, and Lillard v. Burson, pending in the Western District, are litigating over the same issue. Mr. Hooker wants…
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