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POLING v. GOINS

713 S.W.2d 305 (1986)

Lowell V. POLING, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. J.L. GOINS and Narsh D. Benson, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, Eastern Section, at Knoxville.

June 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton H. Jones, Knoxville, for plaintiff/appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Richard L. Colbert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stephanie R. Reevers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for J.L. Goins.

Linda J. Hamilton, R. Loy Waldrop, Jr., William P. Newkirk, Knoxville, for Narsh D. Benson.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

The Court granted review in this case to consider whether the courts of this state may appropriately entertain actions brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 et seq.

In one of the first cases in recent years to consider the subject, Chamberlain v. Brown, 223 Tenn. 25, 442 S.W.2d 248 (1969), this Court held that the state courts...

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