§ 16-2-502. Titles of Judges — Jurisdiction
Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to which the chancellor or judge was elected or appointed prior to June 1, 1984. Any judge or chancellor may exercise by interchange, […]
§ 16-2-503. Filing and Processing of Actions
Suits shall be filed in the same court and processed by the same clerk as they were filed and processed prior to September 1, 1984.
§ 16-2-101. Grand Divisions — Appeals From Marion County
For the administration of justice in the supreme court, the court of appeals and the court of criminal appeals, the state is divided into the three (3) grand divisions described in §§ 4-1-201 — 4-1-204. All appeals, writs of error and appeals in the nature of a writ of error from the chancery and circuit […]
§ 16-2-102. Places Where Supreme Court Sessions Held
The supreme court for the eastern division is held at Knoxville; for the middle division, at Nashville; and for the western division, at Jackson. In addition to the places where the supreme court is required to be held by the Constitution of Tennessee, it may be held in other places that the chief justice may […]
§ 16-2-103. Times of Supreme Court Sessions
The court shall hold one (1) session each year, as follows: at Knoxville on the second Monday in September; at Nashville on the first Monday in December; and at Jackson on the first Monday in April of each year. Code 1858, § 105; Acts 1877, ch. 4, § 1; Shan., § 134; Code 1932, § […]
§ 16-2-104. Transfer of Supreme Court Cases Between Divisions
The supreme court is empowered to direct the hearing of all of the cases coming to the supreme court from any county, in any division of the state, in any other division of the state; provided, that all appeals, appeals in error, writs of error, petitions for certiorari and all other proceedings for the correction […]
§ 16-2-105. Transfer of Supreme Court Cases by Consent of Parties
The hearing and determination of any case, other than those involving emergency or general public welfare referred to in § 16-2-104, may, upon written application, presented in person by counsel representing all parties, and with the unanimous approval of the court, be transferred from any one (1) grand division to the court sitting in any […]