CORNELIUS v. McWILLIAMS


641 S.W.2d 508 (1982)

Allen R. CORNELIUS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cletus W. McWILLIAMS, Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court of Tennessee and William Sansom, Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Nashville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied October 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Fisher, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Maclin P. Davis, Jr., Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 25, 1982.

MATHERNE, Judge.

This is an action for declaratory judgment wherein the plaintiff, an associate judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, seeks a declaration that the five percent limitation on judges annual salary adjustments set forth at T.C.A. § 8-23-103(d) is unconstitutional and that he is entitled to back pay. The chancellor held that the statute was not unconstitutional...

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