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Tennessee Supreme Court

30,820 records in the bulk data of CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

Short name: Tennessee Supreme Court
Court type: State supreme court
Citation abbreviation: Tenn.
Court start date: 1790-01-01
Record dates in this index: 1794-11-15 to 2026-05-29
Court website: https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court

Most-cited opinions

Ranked by the number of later opinions citing each one, as recorded by CourtListener.

State v. Tuggle
1982-10-12· cited 3,884×
Baxter v. Rose
1975-05-19· cited 3,828×
State v. Cabbage
1978-10-10· cited 3,699×
State v. Ashby
1991-12-23· cited 3,586×
State v. Bland
1997-12-01· cited 3,458×
State v. Burns
1999-11-08· cited 3,074×
Fields v. State
2001-02-20· cited 3,045×
State v. Dorantes
2011-01-25· cited 2,795×
Goad v. State
1996-12-02· cited 2,686×
Henley v. State
1997-12-15· cited 2,590×
Byrd v. Hall
1993-01-19· cited 2,103×
State v. Odom
1996-06-03· cited 1,978×
State v. Grace
1973-04-16· cited 1,915×
State v. Evans
1992-09-14· cited 1,810×
State of Tennessee v. Susan Renee Bise
2012-09-26· cited 1,808×
State v. Hanson
2009-02-23· cited 1,677×
Hellard v. State
1982-03-08· cited 1,516×
State v. Sheffield
1984-08-27· cited 1,460×
Archer v. State
1993-03-22· cited 1,346×
State v. Harris
1992-05-11· cited 1,328×
State v. Carruthers
2000-12-11· cited 1,277×
In Re Valentine
2002-07-19· cited 1,212×
Union Carbide Corp. v. Huddleston
1993-05-03· cited 1,162×
Hodges v. S.C. Toof & Co.
1992-04-20· cited 1,138×
State v. Reid
2002-12-19· cited 1,120×
State v. Rice
2006-02-22· cited 1,119×
Liakas v. State
1956-02-03· cited 1,116×
Eldridge v. Eldridge
2001-05-02· cited 1,094×
Carroll v. State
1963-09-11· cited 1,086×
Bain v. Wells
1997-01-13· cited 1,057×
Bolin v. State
1966-09-02· cited 1,054×
State v. Wilkerson
1995-08-21· cited 1,019×
Momon v. State
2000-03-30· cited 1,008×
Lee Medical, Inc. v. Paula Beecher
2010-05-24· cited 990×
Michelle RYE Et Al. v. WOMEN’S CARE CENTER OF MEMPHIS, MPLLC Et Al.
2015-10-26· cited 984×
State v. Harkins
1991-05-20· cited 977×
State of Tennessee v. Christine Caudle
2012-11-27· cited 929×
State v. Cazes
1994-02-14· cited 901×
State v. Melson
1989-06-12· cited 868×
State v. Hooper
2000-09-21· cited 845×
Taylor v. State
1999-06-21· cited 842×
Carvell v. Bottoms
1995-05-30· cited 837×
State v. Moss
1986-10-20· cited 822×
Bogan v. Bogan
2001-11-08· cited 819×
State v. Shaffer
2001-03-22· cited 816×
Staples v. CBL & Associates, Inc.
2000-03-20· cited 816×
State v. Buggs
1999-06-28· cited 802×
Blankenship v. State
1993-07-06· cited 796×
Summers v. State
2007-01-23· cited 791×
State v. Brown
1992-06-01· cited 781×

Most recent records

Newest filing dates first.

State of Tennessee v. Randall C. Johnson
2026-05-21
Elliott J. Schuchardt v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2026-04-14
CCD Oldsmith Henry, LLC v. Town of Nolensville
2026-03-16
Tinsley Properties, LLC v. Grundy County, Tennessee
2026-02-25
Jo Carol Edwards v. Peoplease, LLC
2025-12-22
Gary Wygant v. Bill Lee, Governor
2025-12-10
Lella Yvonne Graham v. CHI Memorial Healthcare System
2025-11-20
Ashley Denson ex rel. Bobbie J. Denson v. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
2025-10-13
Matthew Long v. Chattanooga Fire and Police Pension Fund
2025-10-13
James B. Johnson v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2025-09-19
Lauren Taylor v. John and Stephanie Ingram, LLC
2025-09-11
Byron Black v. Frank Strada, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction
2025-07-31
Ronald C. Wade v. State of Tennessee
2025-07-30
State of Tennessee v. Pervis Tyrone Payne
2025-06-16
Payton Castillo v. David Lloyd Rex, M.D.
2025-05-09
Vanessa Colley v. John S. Colley. III (Concurring in part)
2025-04-29
Annie J. Jones, by and through her conservatorship, Joyce Sons a/k/a Calisa Joyce Sons v. Life Care Centers of America d/b/a Life Care Center of Tullahoma
2025-04-25
Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
2025-03-26
Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (Concurring)
2025-03-26
Daryl A. Gray v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2025-03-10
Robin M. McNabb v. Gregory H. Harrison
2025-03-07
State of Tennessee v. William Rimmel, III
2025-03-06
Leah Gilliam v. David Gerregano, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue
2025-02-26
Frank L. Slaughter, Jr. v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2025-02-06
Mark Gray v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
2025-01-23
Charles Youree, Jr. v. Recovery House of East Tennessee, LLC
2025-01-22
Clayton D. Richards v. Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2025-01-22
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Oberton Curry, Jr.
2025-01-08
Robert L. Trentham v. Mid-America Apartments, LP (dissenting)
2025-01-08
Teresa Thompson Locke v. Jason D. Aston, M.D.
2024-12-27
Pharma Conference Education, Inc. v. State of Tennessee
2024-12-20
Pharma Conference Education, Inc. v. State of Tennessee (Concurring)
2024-12-20
Brad Wigdor v. Electric Research & Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc.
2024-12-12
Terry Case v. Wilmington Trust, N.A. (concurring)
2024-11-14
Robert E. Lee Flade v. City of Shelbyville, Tennessee
2024-10-09
State of Tennessee v. Andre JuJuan Lee Green
2024-08-27
Peggy Mathes v. 99 Hermitage, LLC
2024-07-31
Albert Randall Worrell v. Obion County School District
2024-07-19
Colleen Ann Hyder v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2024-07-19
Thomas Edward Clardy v. State of Tennessee (Concurring)
2024-06-25
Robert Allen Doll, III v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
2024-06-20
Loring E. Justice v. Board of Professional Responsibility
2024-06-12
Loring E. Justice v. Board of Professional Responsibility (concurring)
2024-06-12
Melissa Binns v. Trader Joe's East, Inc.
2024-04-08
State of Tennessee v. Tony Thomas and LaRonda Turner (Concur in Part, Dissent in Part)
2024-03-07
State of Tennessee v. Tony Thomas and LaRonda Turner (Concur in Part and Dissent in Part)
2024-03-07
Natacha D. Hudgins v. Global Personnel Solutions, Inc.
2024-03-05
Brian Philip Manookian v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (Dissenting)
2024-02-16
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC
2024-02-16
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC (Dissenting)
2024-02-16

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