Franks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “General sessions courts are inferior courts within the meaning of Article VI, Section 7 of our State Constitution.” (citing Durham v. Dismukes, 206 Tenn. 448, 333 S.W.2d 935 (1960))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Taylor v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-06-21· cited 842×
• Edwards v. Allen
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2007-03-02· cited 54×
• Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc. v. Donald Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee, and John Knox Walkup, Attorney General
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-05-05· cited 48×
• State v. Superior Oil, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-04-11· cited 32×
• Sexton v. Sevier County
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-01-31· cited 26×
• State Ex Rel. Barker v. Harmon
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-08-01· cited 20×
• Planned Parenthood Association of Nashville, Inc. v. McWherter
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-09-09· cited 6×
• Warren v. Scott
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-09-04· cited 5×
• International Ass'n of Firefighters Local 3858 v. City of Germantown
  W.D. Tennessee· 2000-05-10· cited 3×
• Marcus Mooneyham v. Harold Cates
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-02-14
• State of Tennessee v. Alvin Ray Taylor
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-04-26
• Thomas Patterson v. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2025-02-12