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Comin' Through The Rye: A Requiem For The Tennessee Summary Judgment Standard, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett, T. Panter Jan 2016

Comin' Through The Rye: A Requiem For The Tennessee Summary Judgment Standard, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett, T. Panter

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What must a defendant do to be granted summary judgment inTennessee? This question has given rise to a long, hotly contestedbattle over the proper role of summary judgment and, ultimately,who should bear the burden of producing evidence and when. Theevolution of Tennessee’s summary judgment standard—from theadoption of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure in 1971 to theTennessee Supreme Court’s most recent interpretation of Rule 56 in2015—is a story of competing visions of the benefits and burdensassociated with civil litigation. How much time should an aggrievedparty have to marshal evidence in support of its claim? How muchtime and money should an …


Exhibits To Accompany Testimony & Statement Of Dean Hill Rivkin Before The Senate Judiciary Committee (21 April 2015), Dean H. Rivkin Apr 2015

Exhibits To Accompany Testimony & Statement Of Dean Hill Rivkin Before The Senate Judiciary Committee (21 April 2015), Dean H. Rivkin

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Exhibits to accompany testimony and statement-of-record of Professor Dean Hill Rivkin (The University of Tennessee College of Law), as submitted on April 21, 2015, before a hearing convened by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “Improving Accountability and Oversight of Juvenile Justice Grants.”


Trick Or Treat - Summary Judgment In Tennessee After Hannan V. Alltel Publishing Co., Judy Cornett Jan 2010

Trick Or Treat - Summary Judgment In Tennessee After Hannan V. Alltel Publishing Co., Judy Cornett

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Successor Liability In Tennessee, George Kuney May 2007

Successor Liability In Tennessee, George Kuney

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The Legacy Of Byrd V. Hall: Gossiping About Summary Judgement In Tennessee, Judy Cornett Jan 2001

The Legacy Of Byrd V. Hall: Gossiping About Summary Judgement In Tennessee, Judy Cornett

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No abstract provided.