Stephen Michael WEST, et al.
v.
Derrick D. SCHOFIELD, et al.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, AT NASHVILLE.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 18, 2014 Session
Filed March 10, 2015
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée S. Blumstein , Solicitor General; and Jennifer L. Smith , Deputy Attorney General, for the appellants, Derrick D. Schofield, Wayne Carpenter, Tony Mays, Jason Woodall, Tony Parker, John Doe Physicians 1-100, John Doe Pharmacists 1-100, John Doe Medical Examiners 1-100, John Doe Medical Personnel 1-100, and John Doe Executioners 1-100.
Stephen M. Kissinger and Susanne Bales , Assistant Federal Community Defenders, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Stephen Michael West, Nicholas Todd Sutton, and David Earl Miller.
Kelley J. Henry , Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Michael J. Passino , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, for the intervening appellees, Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, Donald R. Johnson, Donald Wayne Strouth, Charles Walton Wright, and Edmund George Zagorski.
Kelly A. Gleason and Jonathan King , Assistant Post-Conviction Defenders, Nashville, Tennessee, for the intervening appellee, Lee Hall, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Bivins, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Cornelia A. Clark and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined. Sharon G. Lee, C.J., concurred in results only. Gary R. Wade, J., filed a separate opinion concurring in the judgment only.
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM
This interlocutory appeal was heard upon the record from the Court of Appeals, application for permission to appeal having heretofore been granted, and upon the briefs and argument of counsel. Upon consideration thereof, this Court holds that the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the trial court should be reversed.
In accordance with the Opinion filed herein, it is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that the judgment...
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