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SHORTS v. BARTHOLOMEW

No. M2008-00049-SC-R23-CQ.

278 S.W.3d 268 (2009)

Michael Lee SHORTS v. Bendell BARTHOLOMEW, In his Official Capacity as the Sheriff of Carroll County, Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

February 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin S. Dempsey, Huntingdon, Tennessee, for the Plaintiff/Adverse Party, Michael Lee Shorts.

Brandon O. Gibson and Jon A. York, Jackson, Tennessee, for the Defendant/Movant, Bendell Bartholomew.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Kimberly J. Dean, Deputy Attorney General, for the Amicus Curiae, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We accepted a question of law certified by the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee: whether Tennessee Code Annotated section 8-8-201(a)(3) imposes any duty upon a Tennessee sheriff to calculate the release date and order the release of a Tennessee Department...

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