§ 16-4-101. Establishment
There shall be an appellate court composed of twelve (12) judges, styled the court of appeals.
§ 16-4-102. Election and Qualifications of Judges — Oaths
The court of appeals shall be composed of twelve (12) judges, of whom no more than four (4) shall be residents of the same grand division of the state. Immediately preceding appointment, each judge shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, shall have been a resident of the state for at least five […]
§ 16-4-103. Tenure and Compensation of Judges
The tenure of office is eight (8) years, and the judges shall receive compensation as fixed in § 8-23-103.
§ 16-4-104. Organizational Meetings — Rules
At the first meeting of the court after the regular judicial election, the members of the court shall choose the presiding judge of the court of appeals and adopt rules of practice; and the presiding judge shall, on the request of a majority of the members, call meetings thereafter for the purpose of reconsidering or […]
§ 16-4-105. Presiding Judges
The entire court shall have one (1) presiding judge, chosen by the members of the court, and, when sitting in sections, each section shall at all times have a presiding judge to be chosen by its members.
§ 16-4-106. Clerks and Marshals
The clerks and marshals of the supreme court shall also be the clerks and marshals of the court of appeals, and shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities and receive the same compensation as are prescribed by law.
§ 16-4-107. Expenses
The expenses of the court of appeals shall be paid out of the state treasury, upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.
§ 16-4-108. Jurisdiction — Venue
The jurisdiction of the court of appeals is appellate only, and extends to all civil cases except workers’ compensation cases and appeals pursuant to § 37-10-304(g). All cases within the jurisdiction conferred on the court of appeals shall, for purposes of review, be taken directly to the court of appeals in the division within which […]
§ 16-4-109. Number of Judges Necessary to Decision
When sitting in sections of three (3) judges each, the concurrence of two (2) of the judges shall be sufficient to determine all matters coming before the section; and such action, without more, shall have effect, in all respects, as if the entire court of appeals had participated in the action. When the court sits […]
§ 16-4-110. Process
The court of appeals, and the individual members of the court, are given power to grant writs of error, certiorari and supersedeas in cases within the jurisdiction of the court, such writs to be returnable to the court of appeals in the division in which they arose, and the practice in those cases in the […]
§ 16-4-111. Effect of Judgments
The court of appeals is a court of record, and its judgment shall be executed as provided in the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.
§ 16-4-112. Concurrent Sessions
The court shall sit in sections concurrently as ordered by the presiding judge in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, for the purpose of hearing and determining cases before it and for such length of time as may, in the judgment of the court, be required for the dispatch of the business before the court at such […]
§ 16-4-113. Sitting in Sections — Assignment of Judges
In order to expedite the trial and decision of cases, the court of appeals, when the court deems it advisable so to do, is authorized and empowered to sit in sections of three (3) judges each, at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, to hear and determine cases just as though all twelve (12) members were present […]
§ 16-4-114. Transfers Between Grand Divisions
Any case on the docket of the court of appeals, in any grand division, in which any member of the court residing in that grand division is disqualified to participate, upon order of two (2) of the judges residing in the grand division where the case is pending, may be transferred to, tried and determined […]
§ 16-4-115. Rules of Appellate Procedure Govern
The procedure on appeal in the court of appeals shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.