Board of Education of Fayette County v. Hurley-Richards

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “there are discretionary decisions for which Tenn. R. Civ. P. 52.01 compliance is neither applicable nor mandated”
• holding that a trial court’s finding are not sufficient when the court “is left to wonder on what basis the court reached its ultimate decision”
• explaining that “in the absence of findings of fact and conclusions of law, ‘this court is left to wonder on what basis the court reached its ultimate decision’”
• “If the trial court - 25 - misconstrues or misapplies the law, its discretion lacks the necessary legal foundation and becomes an abuse of discretion.”
• If we determine that the trial court’s judgment is not based on the applicable legal principles or relevant facts, an abuse of discretion may be found.
• “[I]n the absence of findings of fact and conclusions of law, this court is left to wonder on what basis the court reached its ultimate decision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).