HOLDER v. TENNESSEE JUDICIAL SELECTION


937 S.W.2d 877 (1996)

Janice HOLDER, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. TENNESSEE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION and George T. Lewis, III, Esq., In his Official Capacity as Chairperson of the Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission, Defendants/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Ney, Jr., Gregory Mitchell, Doramus & Trauger, Nashville, for Defendants/Appellants.

Jef Feibelman, Susan Clark, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, and John A. Day, Branham & Day, Nashville, for Plaintiff/Appellee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted this expedited appeal to determine a question of unusual public importance — whether the issue considered in part VI of the Special Supreme Court's October 2, 1996 opinion1, the residency requirements for the current Supreme Court vacancy, was before that Court for determination. That question is presented in this case. Consequently, if the Special Supreme Court did not have subject...

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