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The most-cited opinions of the Tennessee Supreme Court on UpLaw — 1,590 decisions from 1847–2019, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

State v. Tuggle 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 436 · cited by 1,481
Baxter v. Rose 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 605 · cited by 1,427
State v. Cabbage 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 653 · cited by 1,363
State v. Bland 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 587 · cited by 1,326
State v. Ashby 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 489 · cited by 1,281
Fields v. State 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 110 · cited by 1,113
State v. Dorantes 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 8 · cited by 1,086
State v. Burns 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 572 · cited by 1,083
Goad v. State 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 784 · cited by 1,077
Henley v. State 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 615 · cited by 951
Byrd v. Hall 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 21 · cited by 823
State v. Grace 1973 Tenn. LEXIS 508 · cited by 746
State v. Odom 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 360 · cited by 738
State of Tennessee v. Susan Renee Bise 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 645 · cited by 707
State v. Evans 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 554 · cited by 707
State v. Smith 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 374 · cited by 675
State v. Hanson 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 91 · cited by 662
Archer v. State 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 143 · cited by 523
Hellard v. State 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 389 · cited by 522
State v. Carter 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 363 · cited by 510
State v. Sheffield 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 937 · cited by 510
State v. Harris 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 348 · cited by 483
Michelle RYE Et Al. v. WOMEN’S CARE CENTER OF MEMPHIS, MPLLC Et Al. 2015 Tenn. LEXIS 906 · cited by 458
In Re Valentine 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 338 · cited by 454
State v. Carruthers 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 683 · cited by 452
State v. Rice 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 125 · cited by 432
Hodges v. S.C. Toof & Co. 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 312 · cited by 427
Bain v. Wells 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 7 · cited by 426
State v. Reid 91 S.W.3d 247 · cited by 423
Union Carbide Corp. v. Huddleston 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 160 · cited by 418
Lee Medical, Inc. v. Paula Beecher 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 450 · cited by 405
Carroll v. State 16 McCanless 464 · cited by 403
Liakas v. State 3 McCanless 298 · cited by 401
State v. Harkins 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 197 · cited by 399
Eldridge v. Eldridge 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 373 · cited by 395
State v. Williams 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 789 · cited by 390
Bolin v. State 219 Tenn. 4 · cited by 387
Momon v. State 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 153 · cited by 379
State of Tennessee v. Christine Caudle 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 824 · cited by 373
State v. Wilkerson 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 437 · cited by 361
State v. Cazes 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 28 · cited by 335
State v. Melson 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 321 · cited by 327
In Re Carrington H. 2016 Tenn. LEXIS 49 · cited by 325
Bogan v. Bogan 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 782 · cited by 325
State v. Shaffer 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 234 · cited by 317
Jones v. Garrett 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 708 · cited by 308
State v. Ballard 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 193 · cited by 303
Staples v. CBL & Associates, Inc. 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 132 · cited by 303
Blankenship v. State 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 278 · cited by 300
State v. Vasques 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 243 · cited by 296
Carvell v. Bottoms 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 272 · cited by 295
State v. Yeargan 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 574 · cited by 294
State v. Brown 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 401 · cited by 293
Summers v. State 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 15 · cited by 292
State v. Moss 1986 Tenn. LEXIS 799 · cited by 291
McCall v. Wilder 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 746 · cited by 288
Win Myint and wife Patti KI. Myint v. Allstate Insurance Company 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 293 · cited by 287
State v. Buggs 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 707 · cited by 287
State v. Hooper 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 535 · cited by 287
State v. Banks 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 542 · cited by 285
State v. Grear 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 610 · cited by 285
Taylor v. State 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 324 · cited by 284
In Re Bernard T. 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 683 · cited by 280
Campbell v. Florida Steel Corp. 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 148 · cited by 280
State v. Hall 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 514 · cited by 278
State v. Pruett 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 172 · cited by 276
In Re Angela E. 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 87 · cited by 276
State v. Pettus 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 44 · cited by 274
In Re Adoption of A.M.H. 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 13 · cited by 273
State v. Walton 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 222 · cited by 271
State of Tennessee v. James Allen Pollard 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 1011 · cited by 270
Hawk v. Hawk 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 202 · cited by 269
Dellinger v. State 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 252 · cited by 268
Vaughn v. State 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 843 · cited by 265
Tennie Martin, et.al. v. Southern Railway Company, et.al. 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 863 · cited by 262
Marable v. State 7 McCanless 440 · cited by 261
Burford v. State 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 699 · cited by 260
Wyatt v. State 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 431 · cited by 258
Edward Thomas Kendrick, III v. State of Tennessee 2015 Tenn. LEXIS 9 · cited by 245
State v. DuBose 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 472 · cited by 245
State v. Goodwin 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 552 · cited by 239
State v. Shirley 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 575 · cited by 239
State v. Mixon 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 33 · cited by 235
State v. Henning 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 370 · cited by 234
In Re: Kaliyah S. 2015 Tenn. LEXIS 14 · cited by 232
Owens v. State 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 614 · cited by 229
State v. Campbell 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 9 · cited by 226
Southern Constructors, Inc. v. Loudon County Board of Education 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 763 · cited by 226
State v. Banks 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 963 · cited by 226
House v. State 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 419 · cited by 225
State v. MacKey 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 579 · cited by 224
Sneed v. Board of Professional Responsibility 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 66 · cited by 223
State v. Bigbee 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 277 · cited by 222
State v. Imfeld 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 119 · cited by 220
State v. Binette 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 605 · cited by 219
State v. Stephenson 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 143 · cited by 218
Grindstaff v. State 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 718 · cited by 215
State v. Middlebrooks 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 563 · cited by 212
Pylant v. State 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 626 · cited by 210
Duchac v. State 1973 Tenn. LEXIS 427 · cited by 208
Bowden v. Ward 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 549 · cited by 208
State v. Honeycutt 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 702 · cited by 206
State v. Brown 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 523 · cited by 206
State v. Majors 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 722 · cited by 206
Wells v. Tennessee Board of Regents 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 679 · cited by 205
State v. Keith 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 521 · cited by 205
Ruff v. State 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 529 · cited by 205
Andrew K. Armbrister v. Melissa H. Armbrister 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 782 · cited by 204
Hickman v. State 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 828 · cited by 204
State v. Ritchie 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 156 · cited by 203
Webb v. Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 623 · cited by 202
State v. Howell 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 408 · cited by 200
State v. Moore 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 574 · cited by 198
State v. Hester 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 897 · cited by 198
Gonsewski v. Gonsewski 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 872 · cited by 195
Trau-Med of America, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co. 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 154 · cited by 194
State v. Duncan 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 610 · cited by 191
Howell v. State 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 190 · cited by 189
Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co. 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 792 · cited by 189
McIntyre v. Balentine 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 336 · cited by 186
State of Tennessee v. James D. Wooden 2015 Tenn. LEXIS 932 · cited by 182
Robinson v. Omer 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 460 · cited by 182
In re D.L.B. 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 983 · cited by 177
In re M.L.P. 281 S.W.3d 387 · cited by 177
Nichols v. State 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 419 · cited by 176
Hunter v. Brown 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 540 · cited by 176
Konvalinka v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 103 · cited by 176
State v. Sutton 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 609 · cited by 176
State of Tennessee v. Carl J. Wagner 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 746 · cited by 175
State v. Pike 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 545 · cited by 175
McDaniel v. CSX Transportation, Inc. 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 471 · cited by 174
State v. Lane 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 430 · cited by 174
McCarley v. West Quality Food Service 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 1 · cited by 172
State v. Sisk 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 596 · cited by 171
State v. Jones 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 259 · cited by 170
Hart v. State 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 356 · cited by 169
Estate of Walton v. Young 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 430 · cited by 168
Tidwell v. State 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 309 · cited by 167
State v. Lewis 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 649 · cited by 166
State v. Black 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 322 · cited by 166
Osborn v. Marr 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 45 · cited by 166
State v. Ross 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 563 · cited by 165
Carpenter v. State 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 24 · cited by 165
State v. Smith 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 410 · cited by 165
State v. Hall 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 585 · cited by 164
Blair v. West Town Mall 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 186 · cited by 164
State v. Poole 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 260 · cited by 164
State v. Elkins 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 325 · cited by 162
Norman Redwing v. Catholic Bishop for the Diocese of Memphis 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 143 · cited by 162
State v. Hill 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 524 · cited by 161
State v. Teel 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 216 · cited by 160
Bradshaw v. Daniel 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 145 · cited by 160
State v. Evans 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 570 · cited by 160
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lee Davis 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 962 · cited by 160
Guiliano v. Cleo, Inc. 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 339 · cited by 159
State v. Scott 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 682 · cited by 158
Finch v. State 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 534 · cited by 158
State v. Melson 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 431 · cited by 158
Harris v. State 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 127 · cited by 156
State of Tennessee v. Adrian R. Brown 2015 Tenn. LEXIS 933 · cited by 156
Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 720 · cited by 156
State v. Robinson 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 843 · cited by 155
Terri Ann Kelly v. Willard Reed Kelly 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 664 · cited by 154
State v. Arnett 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 538 · cited by 153
McClenahan v. Cooley 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 100 · cited by 153
Bayberry Associates v. Jones 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 40 · cited by 153
Sands v. State 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 331 · cited by 152
State v. Shuck 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 487 · cited by 152
Nash-Putnam v. McCloud 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 252 · cited by 152
State v. Davidson 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 1007 · cited by 151
Planters Gin Co. v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co. 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 310 · cited by 151
State v. Thacker 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 366 · cited by 150
Dykes v. Compton 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 511 · cited by 150
Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Wright 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 308 · cited by 149
Eaton v. McLain 891 S.W.2d 587 · cited by 149
State v. Bunch 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 769 · cited by 149
State v. Daniel 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 52 · cited by 148
In Re Frr, III 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 334 · cited by 147
Abshure v. Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 948 · cited by 147
State v. Shaw 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 141 · cited by 145
Lane v. State 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 653 · cited by 145
State v. Hatchett 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 572 · cited by 144
Henry Zillon Felts v. State of Tennessee 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 1060 · cited by 143
In Re Adoption of Female Child 896 S.W.2d 546 · cited by 143
Ganzevoort v. Russell 949 S.W.2d 293 · cited by 143
Potts v. State 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 424 · cited by 141
State v. Crawford 225 Tenn. 478 · cited by 140
State v. Sims 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 349 · cited by 140
Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee v. Oak Ridge FM, Inc. 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 13 · cited by 140
Butler v. State 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 179 · cited by 139
Ballard v. Herzke 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 378 · cited by 139
McBee v. State 17 McCanless 15 · cited by 139
State ex rel. Newsom v. Henderson 25 McCanless 24 · cited by 138
In Re Swanson 2 S.W.3d 180 · cited by 138
State v. Preston 1988 Tenn. LEXIS 171 · cited by 138
Anderson v. Standard Register Co. 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 247 · cited by 137
Neal Lovlace v. Timothy Kevin Copley 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 718 · cited by 136
Eastman Chemical Co. v. Johnson 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 994 · cited by 136
Doe v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc. 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 460 · cited by 135
In Re Estate of Henderson 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 1045 · cited by 135