VOLLMER v. CITY OF MEMPHIS


730 S.W.2d 619 (1987)

Mary Ann VOLLMER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Mayor Richard Hackett, Members of the City Council and Shelby County Election Commission, Defendants-Appellants. and Alan MACE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Richard Hackett, Mayor, and City Councilmen, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Bearman, Jr., Memphis, for appellants, City of Memphis, et al.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., and Jim G. Creecy, Associate Chief Deputy State Atty. Gen., Nashville, Intervenor R. Lee Winchester, Richard L. Winchester, Jr. and Jeffrey D. Germany, Memphis, for appellees Mary Ann Vollmer, et al.

Katherine Carlyle, Memphis, for appellees, Alan Mace, et al.


MATHERNE, Special Justice.

In each of these cases, consolidated for trial and on appeal, the plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of section 6-51-102, Tennessee Code Annotated, under which statute the Memphis City Council enacted an annexation ordinance which affected the plaintiffs as citizens and property owners. In the alternative, the plaintiffs also brought action in the nature of quo warranto challenging the...

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