Huckeby v. Spangler

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the trial court has authority to sua sponte grant a motion to dismiss
• approving but not encouraging dismissal for failure to state a claim in the absence of a motion to dismiss under Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12
• perm. app. denied Jan. 5, 1987

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Cited by

77 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Whitaker v. Whirlpool Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-03-16· cited 291×
• Merriman v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-08-22· cited 161×
• Brown v. Birman Managed Care, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-04-25· cited 132×
• Chenault v. Walker
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-01-12· cited 124×
• Cecil v. Hardin
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-12-29· cited 96×
• Stafford v. Muster
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-06-19· cited 79×
• Holloway v. Putnam County
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-02-09· cited 60×
• Ladd v. Roane Hosiery, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-10-10· cited 53×
• Patton v. Estate of Upchurch
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-07-27· cited 47×
• Humphries v. West End Terrace, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-03-30· cited 46×
• Church Of God In Christ, Inc. v. L. M. Haley Ministries, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2017-09-21· cited 33×
• Lyons v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-02-11· cited 32×
• Bellar v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-01-03· cited 30×
• Sullivant v. Americana Homes, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-05-27· cited 26×
• Brewer v. Monsanto Corp.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1986-08-15· cited 25×
• HMF TRUST v. Bankers Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-07-24· cited 23×
• Freeman Management Corp. v. Shurgard Storage Centers, LLC
  M.D. Tennessee· 2006-11-09· cited 22×
• Randolph v. Dominion Bank of Middle Tennessee
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-09-04· cited 22×
• Fulenwider v. Firefighters Ass'n Local Union 1784
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-11-12· cited 20×
• Utley v. Rose
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-03-13· cited 19×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• American Family Mutual Insurance v. Grim
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1968-05-11· cited 39×
• Hyden's Administrator v. Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1917-12-04· cited 33×
• Brumley v. Chattanooga Speedway & Motordrome Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1917-09-15· cited 33×
• Keel v. Hainline
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1958-09-16· cited 26×
• Day v. Walton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1955-08-02· cited 19×
• Blalock v. Temple
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1954-11-16· cited 17×
• Williamson County v. Twin Lawn Development Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1973-08-20· cited 14×
• Vanzant v. Waddel
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1829-01-15· cited 11×
• Thompson v. Johnson Thompson v. Johnson. Johnson v. Thompson
  Fifth Circuit· 1950-03-02· cited 10×
• Franklin v. Green
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1960-07-26· cited 4×
• Roberts v. Hickson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1960-06-23· cited 2×
• Bean v. Myers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1860-09-15· cited 1×

Other cases named Huckeby v. Spangler

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Huckeby v. Spangler
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-03-20· cited 51×