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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Tennessee Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Tenn.) Court of Appeals (Tenn. Ct. App.) Court of Criminal Appeals (Tenn. Crim. App.) U.S. District Court—Eastern District (E.D. Tenn.) * U.S. District Court—Middle District (M.D. Tenn.) * U.S. District Court—Western District (W.D. Tenn.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “913 S.W.2d 462”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Supreme court's workers' compensation opinions

Tennessee Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Tenn. Const.)

2. Bills

3. Public Acts of the State of Tennessee (Tenn. Pub. Acts)

4. Tennessee Code Annotated (Tenn. Code Ann.)
   Note—The code is not available at any official web site, but a version provided by LexisNexis is available.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Public and Private Acts ... [Secretary of State] — Links, subject indexes, and cross-reference tables for laws enacted in recent legislative sessions.

Tennessee Rules of Procedure and Practice

Local Court Rules ♦ U.S. Court Rules
Davidson County — Local Court Rules Shelby County — Civil Rules of Court of General Sessions     — Criminal Rules of Court of General Sessions     — Criminal Court Rules     — Probate Court Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D. Tenn. R.)     —Middle District (M.D. Tenn. R.)     —Western District (W.D. Tenn. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D. Tenn. Bankr. R.)     —Middle District (M.D. Tenn. Bankr. R.)     —Western District (W.D. Tenn. Bankr. R.)
Additional Resources
¶  Supreme court rules changes

Tennessee Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   1. Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee (Tenn. R. & Regs.)
   2. Tennessee Administrative Register (Tenn. Admin. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Executive Orders

Tennessee Local Law Sources

Charters
Chattanooga  
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Davidson County <2> Knox County <2> Shelby County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Brentwood <5> Bristol <5> Chattanooga <1> Clarksville <5> Collierville <2> Farragut <5> Gallatin <5> Germantown <5> Kingsport <5> Knoxville <5> Memphis <3> <4> Nashville <5>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Tennessee Law-Related Periodicals

1. Transactions: Tennessee Journal of Business Law (Transactions) ... [Univ. of Tenn. Coll. of Law]
2. Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law & Practice (Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac.)
3. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vand. J. Transnat'l L.)
4. Vanderbilt Law Review (Vand. L. Rev.)

Other Tennessee Commentary

1. Doing Business in Tennessee. Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. ... [Lex Mundi]

Tennessee Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Tennessee Court Information

Web Sites
See also the web site of the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts and a directory for county court clerks (and sheriffs and district attorneys).
Tennessee Appellate Courts ————— Shelby County Probate Court ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District     —Middle District     —Western District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Eastern District     —Middle District     —Western District

Tennessee Forms

1. Court Forms
   Shelby County Probate Court
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Western District

2. Revenue Department: Tax Forms and Publications

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Tennessee Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
¶  Tennessee Blue Book ... [Tenn. Secretary of State] — This is the official manual of Tennessee state government. It includes information on elected officials and the various branches and agencies of state government as well as historical and statistical data and election returns.
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
Tennessee Bar Association ————— Tennessee Association for Justice [formerly: Trial Lawyers Association] Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ————— Chattanooga Bar Association Knoxville Bar Association Memphis Bar Association Nashville Bar Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Board of Law Examiners ————— Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (University of Memphis) University of Tennessee College of Law Vanderbilt University School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Tennessee Supreme Court ————— Shelby County University of Memphis University of Tennessee: Joel A. Katz Law Library Vanderbilt University: Alyne Queener Massey Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
Tennessee Bar Association LawBytes ... “LawBytes is a free public service program of the Tennessee Bar Association designed to help members of the community understand the law using web pages in easy-to-understand language. . . . Although it is not intended to replace the advice of an attorney or to provide specific legal advice, the service provides general information on over 70 topics.” Topic categories are linked below.
Attorneys and Legal Services Automobiles and Traffic Bankruptcy Business Information Consumer Information Criminal Law Employment Family Law General Procedures Home Ownership and Rental Living Will, Long-Term Care Malpractice Mediation Public Benefits Wills and Estates
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Tennessee Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Tennessee law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Tennessee.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Tennessee Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.