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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.

Otis v. Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 850 S.W.2d 439 · cited by 135
State v. Pendergrass 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 568 · cited by 134
In Re Gabriella D. 531 S.W.3d 662 · cited by 133
McClung v. Delta Square Ltd. Partnership 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 699 · cited by 133
State v. Hunter 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 421 · cited by 131
State v. West 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 657 · cited by 131
State v. Bledsoe 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 368 · cited by 130
Godfrey v. Ruiz 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 563 · cited by 130
Riggs v. Burson 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 126 · cited by 129
State v. Crutcher 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 228 · cited by 129
Stein v. Davidson Hotel Co. 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 283 · cited by 129
Paschall's, Inc. v. Dozier 23 McCanless 45 · cited by 128
State v. Hodges 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 234 · cited by 128
State v. Rodriguez 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 274 · cited by 128
Cowden v. Sovran Bank/Central South 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 367 · cited by 128
State v. Gilliland 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 341 · cited by 127
State v. White 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 828 · cited by 127
Bob Pearsall Motors, Inc. v. Regal Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 690 · cited by 127
Robertson v. Robertson 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 172 · cited by 126
Meighan v. U.S. Sprint Communications Co. 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 264 · cited by 126
State v. Lemacks 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 350 · cited by 126
State v. King 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 351 · cited by 125
State v. Troutman 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 665 · cited by 125
Farmer v. State 12 McCanless 75 · cited by 124
Gray v. State 1976 Tenn. LEXIS 489 · cited by 124
State of Tennessee v. Kacy Dewayne Cannon 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 278 · cited by 123
McCaleb v. Saturn Corp. 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 629 · cited by 123
State v. Van Tran 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 343 · cited by 123
Houghton v. Aramark Educational Resources, Inc. 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 543 · cited by 122
State v. Jacumin 778 S.W.2d 430 · cited by 121
State v. Nichols 877 S.W.2d 722 · cited by 121
Aaron v. Aaron 909 S.W.2d 408 · cited by 121
Henderson v. SAIA, INC. 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 678 · cited by 121
McLaney v. Bell 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 764 · cited by 121
Kendrick v. Shoemake 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 489 · cited by 121
Faulkner v. State 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 370 · cited by 120
State v. Williams 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 512 · cited by 120
Henry v. Goins 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 409 · cited by 120
Northland Insurance Co. v. State 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 685 · cited by 120
House v. State 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 565 · cited by 120
State v. Leach 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 741 · cited by 119
State v. Smith 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 278 · cited by 119
State v. Thompson 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 714 · cited by 118
State v. Bane 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 540 · cited by 118
State v. Young 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 559 · cited by 118
John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 347 · cited by 117
State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 194 · cited by 117
Blair v. Badenhope 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 192 · cited by 117
State v. Vann 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 513 · cited by 116
State v. Ruiz 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 810 · cited by 115
White Ex Rel. Estate of White v. Lawrence 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 462 · cited by 115
Workman v. State 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 306 · cited by 115
Betty Saint Rogers v. Louisville Land Company 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 221 · cited by 115
State v. Ferguson 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 426 · cited by 115
State v. Ely 48 S.W.3d 710 · cited by 114
State v. Garrison 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 652 · cited by 113
Wright v. City of Knoxville 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 180 · cited by 113
Taylor v. Fezell 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 6 · cited by 113
State v. Jordan 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 874 · cited by 113
Doe v. Sundquist 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 429 · cited by 113
State v. England 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 287 · cited by 112
Ussery v. Avery 26 McCanless 50 · cited by 112
In re C.K.G. 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 812 · cited by 111
Richardson v. Tennessee Board of Dentistry 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 788 · cited by 111
Nelson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 603 · cited by 111
Ricky HARRIS v. STATE of Tennessee 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 8 · cited by 110
State v. Caughron 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 189 · cited by 110
In Re: The Adoption of Angela E. 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 303 · cited by 110
State v. Phelps 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 1150 · cited by 110
State v. Huddleston 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 387 · cited by 110
Freeman Industries, LLC v. Eastman Chemical Co. 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 668 · cited by 109
State v. Hall 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 617 · cited by 109
Cheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Housing Authority 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 21 · cited by 109
State v. Cribbs 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 207 · cited by 108
State v. Stevens 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 223 · cited by 108
State v. Davis 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 127 · cited by 108
Doe v. Linder Const. Co., Inc. 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 706 · cited by 108
Travelers Indemnity Co. of America v. Moore & Associates, Inc. 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 234 · cited by 108
Hass v. Knighton 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 915 · cited by 107
Jaco v. State 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 1175 · cited by 106
R. Douglas Hughes v. New Life Development Corporation 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 819 · cited by 106
Lawrence Ex Rel. Powell v. Stanford 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 698 · cited by 106
Cooper v. State 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 5 · cited by 106
Burlew v. Burlew 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 111 · cited by 105
State v. Suttles 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 360 · cited by 105
In Re Estate of Ina Ruth Brown 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 308 · cited by 105
State v. Williams 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 596 · cited by 105
State v. Nesbit 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 533 · cited by 104
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. v. Epperson 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 310 · cited by 103
John Kohl & Co. PC v. Dearborn & Ewing 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 546 · cited by 103
State v. Bush 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 171 · cited by 103
Stephenson v. Carlton 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 534 · cited by 102
State v. Flemming 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 157 · cited by 102
State v. Page 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 37 · cited by 102
Frazier v. State 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 88 · cited by 102
Davis v. Gulf Insurance Group 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 519 · cited by 101
Shadrick v. Coker 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 51 · cited by 100
Langschmidt v. Langschmidt 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 308 · cited by 100
State v. Burkhart 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 564 · cited by 100
State v. White 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 153 · cited by 100
Powell v. Construction Co. 88 Tenn. 692 · cited by 100
State v. Anthony 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 395 · cited by 100
In Re: Estate of Martha M. Tanner 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 653 · cited by 99
Crabtree v. Crabtree 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 201 · cited by 99
State v. Edgin 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 377 · cited by 99
State v. Allen 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 76 · cited by 98
State v. Thomas 158 S.W.3d 361 · cited by 98
State v. Stout 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 461 · cited by 98
State v. Watkins 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 223 · cited by 98
Williams v. State 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 357 · cited by 98
State v. Bridges 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 642 · cited by 98
State v. Gomez 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 884 · cited by 98
State v. Morris 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 391 · cited by 97
State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte Echols 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 738 · cited by 97
Warren v. Estate of Kirk 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 512 · cited by 97
State v. Shelton 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 144 · cited by 97
State v. Hatcher 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 419 · cited by 97
Johnson v. Johnson 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 115 · cited by 96
Harrington v. State 19 McCanless 338 · cited by 96
Mercer v. Vanderbilt University, Inc. 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 360 · cited by 96
State v. Faulkner 154 S.W.3d 48 · cited by 95
Black v. Blount 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 807 · cited by 95
Cohen v. Cohen 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 567 · cited by 95
Owens v. Truckstops of America 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 62 · cited by 95
McCallen v. City of Memphis 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 103 · cited by 95
Stovall v. Clarke 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 825 · cited by 95
Coln v. City of Savannah 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 193 · cited by 95
State v. Parton 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 606 · cited by 95
State v. Cauthern 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 161 · cited by 94
State v. Simpson 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 71 · cited by 94
Calvin Gray Mills, Jr. v. Fulmarque, Inc. 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 142 · cited by 94
Davis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 114 · cited by 94
William H. Mansell v. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 645 · cited by 94
D. M. Rose & Co. v. Snyder 21 Beeler 499 · cited by 94
Simpson v. Frontier Community Credit Union 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 181 · cited by 93
Kilpatrick v. Bryant 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 452 · cited by 93
Michael Lind v. Beaman Dodge, Inc., d/b/a Beaman Dodge Chrysler Jeep 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 1151 · cited by 92
Luther v. Compton 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 597 · cited by 92
Seals v. England/Corsair Upholstery Manufacturing Co. 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 5 · cited by 92
Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Tennessee 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 361 · cited by 92
State v. Day 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 615 · cited by 92
State v. Trusty 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 187 · cited by 91
Doug Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 590 · cited by 91
State v. James 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 570 · cited by 91
State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 377 · cited by 91
Gleaves v. Checker Cab Transit Corp., Inc. 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 78 · cited by 91
David CANTRELL v. Joe EASTERLING, Warden 346 S.W.3d 445 · cited by 91
Cook v. Spinnaker's of Rivergate, Inc. 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 63 · cited by 91
State of Tennessee v. Courtney Bishop 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 189 · cited by 90
Artis Whitehead v. State of Tennessee 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 310 · cited by 90
State v. Pully 863 S.W.2d 29 · cited by 90
State v. Adams 864 S.W.2d 31 · cited by 90
State v. Martin 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 131 · cited by 89
Brooks v. Brooks 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 288 · cited by 89
Johnson v. State 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 55 · cited by 89
Presley v. Bennett 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 295 · cited by 89
State v. James 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 328 · cited by 88
Givens v. Mullikin Ex Rel. McElwaney 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 153 · cited by 88
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Watson 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 604 · cited by 88
Leonard Edward Smith v. State of Tennessee 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 1152 · cited by 88
Ward v. State 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 635 · cited by 88
State v. Berry 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 659 · cited by 88
Lindsey v. Miami Development Corp. 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 511 · cited by 88
Limbaugh v. Coffee Medical Center 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 756 · cited by 88
Parks v. Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 355 · cited by 87
State v. Hammersley 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 646 · cited by 87
Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp. 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 868 · cited by 87
Hughes v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 455 · cited by 86
State v. Smith 857 S.W.2d 1 · cited by 86
State v. Carter 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 195 · cited by 86
Albert v. Frye 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 654 · cited by 85
Keisling v. Keisling 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 640 · cited by 85
Wiley v. State 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 20 · cited by 85
State v. Brimmer 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 15 · cited by 85
State v. Byrd 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 455 · cited by 85
Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 589 · cited by 85
Monts v. State 214 Tenn. 171 · cited by 85
Bratton v. Bratton 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 337 · cited by 85
Kristen Cox MORRISON v. Paul ALLEN Et Al. 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 89 · cited by 85
State v. Tharpe 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 860 · cited by 84
State v. Franklin 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 415 · cited by 84
Landers v. Jones 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 46 · cited by 84
State v. Parker 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 881 · cited by 84
State v. Watkins 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 154 · cited by 83
Evco Corporation v. Ross 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 618 · cited by 83
State v. Rickman 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 109 · cited by 83
State v. Gomez 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 473 · cited by 83
Farmers-Peoples Bank v. Clemmer 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 718 · cited by 83
Crews v. Buckman Laboratories International, Inc. 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 252 · cited by 82
State v. Kelly 1980 Tenn. LEXIS 486 · cited by 82
Mary C. Smith v. UHS of Lakeside, Inc. 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 565 · cited by 81
State v. Hines 919 S.W.2d 573 · cited by 81
Hogan v. Mills 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 599 · cited by 81
State v. Moats 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 506 · cited by 81
Willis v. Tennessee Department of Correction 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 721 · cited by 81
State v. Thompson 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 47 · cited by 81
State v. Smith 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 836 · cited by 80
State v. Hicks 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 658 · cited by 80
State v. Taylor 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 295 · cited by 80
Creech v. Addington 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 88 · cited by 80