RAMSEY v. TOWN OF OLIVER SPRINGS


998 S.W.2d 207 (1999)

James N. RAMSEY, District Attorney General, Seventh Judicial District, Appellee, v. TOWN OF OLIVER SPRINGS, A Municipal Corporation under the Law of Tennessee, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Webster, Oak Ridge, TN, for Appellants.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, TN, for Appellee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the City Court for the Town of Oliver Springs, which sits in Roane County, Tennessee, may properly adjudicate a criminal case in which the offense was committed in Anderson County.

The District Attorney General for Anderson County brought this declaratory judgment action against the Town of Oliver Springs seeking a judgment that the town's policy and practice of prosecuting

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