LONG v. BLOUNT COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION


854 S.W.2d 894 (1993)

Virgil E. "Ted" LONG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BLOUNT COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied June 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Buuck, Claiborne, Davis, Buuck & Hurley, Knoxville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, John Knox Walkup, Sol. Gen. and Andy D. Bennett, Acting Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court June 1, 1993.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, twelve former constables of Blount County, appeal the Chancellor's judgment that a 1991 amendment to Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-10-101 which abolished the office of constable in counties with a population of not more than 77,800 or less than 77,700 people, i.e., as in Blount County, was constitutional.

Plaintiffs have appealed insisting...

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