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IN RE DENDER

571 S.W.2d 491 (1978)

In re William M. DENDER.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mobbs & Hagler, Cleveland, for petitioner.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jack E. Seaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.

OPINION

HENRY, Chief Justice.

This controversy, before the Court on petition for the common law writ of certiorari, turns upon the authority of a Tennessee justice of the peace to issue a valid arrest warrant.

I.

William M. Dender is the Judge of the twenty-fourth judicial circuit of Tennessee. On December 10, 1977, Amos Bates, a justice of the peace of Polk County, issued a state warrant charging Judge Dender with neglect of duty in violation...

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