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SUMMERS v. THOMPSON

764 S.W.2d 182 (1988)

Jerry H. SUMMERS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Mayor Robert L. THOMPSON, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline E. Schulten, Soddy-Daisy City Atty., Chattanooga, W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Kevin Steiling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondents-appellants.

Jerry H. Summers, Jack R. Brown, Robert L. Moon, Chattanooga, for petitioner-appellee.

Deborah S. Swettenam, Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Dickson, J. Anthony Farmer, Trial Lawyers' Ass'n, Knoxville, for amicus-curiae.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This direct appeal raises a significant issue of Tennessee constitutional law, that is, whether certain statutes permitting a municipal judge to be terminated at will are valid. The Petitioner, Jerry H. Summers, sat as city judge for Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, for 14 years until he was summarily terminated by the Board of Commissioners of Soddy-Daisy (the Board). Petitioner sought review of his termination by a common...

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