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Judge Thomas H. Blake produced indentures, Polly for 12 more years and James for four more years of servitude. The case was dismissed in 1819. In 1819, attorneys John W. Osborn and Amory Kinney, sought to test the legality of slave arrangements made prior to 1816. They sued for Strong's freedom at the Knox County Circuit Court in Polly v.
Ann Pugh (1976): [58] First female judge in Shelby County, Tennessee; Camille McMullen: [12] First female from Shelby County to serve as an intermediate appellate court judge; Nancy B. Sorak: [59] First female elected as a judge in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She was also the first female Public Defender for the City Court.
On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee, [4] and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the necessity of Supreme Court Justices riding the circuits. It was this legislation which ...
Criminal Court Judge Division II Sixth Judicial District incumbent judge Hector Sanchez, a Republican, is running unopposed. He is first Hispanic trial court judge in Tennessee and is a veteran of ...
While Davidson County just elected a historic number of women as judges, female candidates in Knox County look ahead to November.
The lawsuit was filed Aug. 19 in Knox County Circuit Court. What the Kredich family says went wrong. In the hours before police said Shannon Blake Walker drove a minivan through two lanes of ...
Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held on August 1, 2024.
He previously ran for Knox County district attorney. Criminal Court Judge Division II, Sixth Judicial District. Incumbent Judge Hector Sanchez, a Republican, is running unopposed. He is first ...