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BAILEY v. COUNTY OF SHELBY

188 S.W.3d 539 (2006)

Walter BAILEY, et al. v. COUNTY OF SHELBY, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

March 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan J. Wade, Lori Hackleman Patterson, and Brandy S. Parrish, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Walter Bailey, Julian Bolton, and Cleo Kirk.

Leo Bearman, Jr. and Jason A. Strain, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, County of Shelby, Shelby County Election Commission, Gregory M. Duckett, Richard L. Holden, Nancye E. Hines, O.C. Pleasant, Jr., and Maura Black Sullivan.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Ann Louise Vix, Senior Counsel, for the Intervenor, State of Tennessee.

March 21, 2006 at Nashville.

OPINION

WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined.

In this expedited appeal, this Court is asked to decide two questions of first impression. The first question is whether a term limit provision contained in a county charter is authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated section 5-1-210(4). Like the lower...

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