Tennessee Supreme Court

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. Simmons 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 651 · cited by 27
• Robert Fahey v. Fabien Eldridge & Eldridge Auto Sales, Inc. 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 233 · cited by 27
• Larry Sneed v. The City of Red Bank, Tennessee 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 962 · cited by 27
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. People's Bank 127 Tenn. 720 · cited by 27
• State v. Burchfield 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 725 · cited by 27
• Milan Milling, etc., Co. v. Gorten 26 L.R.A. 135 · cited by 27
• Penske Truck Leasing Co. v. Huddleston 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 319 · cited by 27
• Jackson v. General Motors Corp., Oldsmobile Div. 223 Tenn. 12 · cited by 27
• State v. Yoakum 5 McCanless 180 · cited by 27
• State v. Jackson 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 804 · cited by 27
• State ex rel. Cardin v. McClellan 113 Tenn. 616 · cited by 27
• County of Shelby v. City of Memphis 15 McCanless 410 · cited by 27
• Morris v. Gross 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 660 · cited by 27
• Ray Ex Rel. Holman v. BIC Corp. 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 467 · cited by 27
• Jackson v. General Motors Corp. 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 807 · cited by 27
• Hargrove v. State 3 McCanless 25 · cited by 27
• State v. Baker 1981 Tenn. LEXIS 423 · cited by 27
• Shell v. State 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 14 · cited by 27
• Helton v. Knox County, Tenn. 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 310 · cited by 27
• Tennessee Coal & Railroad v. Roddy 85 Tenn. 400 · cited by 27
• Cohen v. Noel 1 Beeler 600 · cited by 27
• Brown Shoe Company v. Reed 13 McCanless 106 · cited by 27
• Bradley v. Carnes 94 Tenn. 27 · cited by 27
• State v. Teague 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 948 · cited by 27
• State v. Suttles 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 34 · cited by 27
• Neas v. Borches 109 Tenn. 398 · cited by 27
• Tradesman Publishing Co. v. Car Wheel Co. 95 Tenn. 634 · cited by 27
• Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co. 133 Tenn. 99 · cited by 27
• Truan v. Smith 1979 Tenn. LEXIS 404 · cited by 27
• Tennessee Central Railroad v. Campbell 109 Tenn. 640 · cited by 27
• Bodne v. Austin 156 Tenn. 353 · cited by 27
• State v. Carter 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 1204 · cited by 27
• Harbour v. Brown for Ulrich 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 919 · cited by 27
• David Keen v. State of Tennessee 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 932 · cited by 27
• State of Tennessee v. Christopher Minor 546 S.W.3d 59 · cited by 27
• Abston v. Waldon Academy 118 Tenn. 24 · cited by 27
• North Memphis Sav. Bank v. Union Bridge & Construction Co. 138 Tenn. 161 · cited by 27
• Hancock v. Davidson County 7 Beeler 420 · cited by 27
• Smith v. Tucker 151 Tenn. 347 · cited by 27
• Inland Container Corporation v. March 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 573 · cited by 27
• State v. Safley, Chairman 172 Tenn. 385 · cited by 27
• Shelby County v. Barden 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 644 · cited by 27
• Bill Brown Construction Co. v. Glens Falls Insurance Co. 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 426 · cited by 27
• Provident Life & Accident Insurance v. Globe Indemnity Co. 3 Smith & H. 571 · cited by 27
• Hyman v. State 87 Tenn. 109 · cited by 27
• Darnell v. Shapard 3 Smith & H. 544 · cited by 27
• Lyle v. Exxon Corp. 1988 Tenn. LEXIS 172 · cited by 27
• Swain v. Tennessee Copper Co. 111 Tenn. 430 · cited by 27
• Todd v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. 135 Tenn. 92 · cited by 27
• Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. v. Lellyett 114 Tenn. 368 · cited by 27
• State v. Sledge 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 131 · cited by 27
• Hunt v. Hunt 5 Beeler 1 · cited by 27
• Russell v. Smith ex rel. Prince 1 Thompson 34 · cited by 27
• State v. Shepherd 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 269 · cited by 27
• State v. Bolden 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 680 · cited by 27
• Graham v. State 6 McCanless 423 · cited by 27
• Love v. Southern Railway Co. 55 L.R.A. 471 · cited by 27
• Kroger Company v. Giem 19 McCanless 459 · cited by 27
• State v. Adler 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 703 · cited by 27
• Lingner v. Lingner 1 Beeler 525 · cited by 27
• Jordan v. Knox County 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 26 · cited by 27
• Conners v. City of Knoxville 136 Tenn. 428 · cited by 27
• Bass v. State 27 Beeler 259 · cited by 27
• State v. Stinnett 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 572 · cited by 27
• Ford v. State 20 Beeler 443 · cited by 26
• Automobile Sales Co. v. Johnson 10 Beeler 38 · cited by 26
• Doyle v. Frost 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 564 · cited by 26
• Hughes v. Abston 105 Tenn. 70 · cited by 26
• Land Developers, Inc. v. Maxwell 1976 Tenn. LEXIS 620 · cited by 26
• Russell v. State 1976 Tenn. LEXIS 604 · cited by 26
• Diane West v. Shelby County Healthcare Corporation d/b/a Reginal Medical Center at Memphis 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 1033 · cited by 26
• State v. Gutierrez 1999 Tenn. LEXIS 606 · cited by 26
• Jordan v. State 124 Tenn. 81 · cited by 26
• Simmons v. Simmons 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 271 · cited by 26
• State v. Irwin 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 90 · cited by 26
• State v. Williams 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 109 · cited by 26
• Knoxville Traction Co. v. Lane 103 Tenn. 376 · cited by 26
• Arrowood v. McMinn County 9 Beeler 562 · cited by 26
• White v. McBride 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 526 · cited by 26
• Davis v. Shelby County Sheriff's Department 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 70 · cited by 26
• LensCrafters, Inc. v. Sundquist 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 688 · cited by 26
• Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. Walton 105 Tenn. 415 · cited by 26
• Illinois Cent. R. v. Moriarity 135 Tenn. 446 · cited by 26
• Leighton v. Henderson 24 McCanless 91 · cited by 26
• Mike v. Po Group, Inc. 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 529 · cited by 26
• State of Tennessee v. Sedrick Clayton 535 S.W.3d 829 · cited by 26
• State v. Renner 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 745 · cited by 26
• Hayes v. Gill 20 McCanless 39 · cited by 26
• Finley v. United States Casualty Co. 113 Tenn. 592 · cited by 26
• Richards v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 149 · cited by 26
• State v. Cross 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 155 · cited by 26
• Estrin v. Moss 25 McCanless 657 · cited by 26
• Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. v. Jackson 17 Beeler 453 · cited by 26
• Dugger v. Insurance Co. 28 L.R.A. 796 · cited by 26
• Coffey v. Fayette Tubular Products 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 528 · cited by 26
• Kahn v. Kahn 1988 Tenn. LEXIS 163 · cited by 26
• Wynn v. State 17 Beeler 325 · cited by 26
• State v. Prince 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 529 · cited by 26
• Wharton Transport Corp. v. Bridges 1980 Tenn. LEXIS 504 · cited by 26
• ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Diana Lynn TARRANT Et Al. 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 213 · cited by 26
• Thornton v. RCA Service Co. 24 Beeler 644 · cited by 26
• State v. Pierce 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 634 · cited by 26
• Ferguson v. Moore 98 Tenn. 342 · cited by 26
• State v. Johnson 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 630 · cited by 26
• Rippy v. State 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 536 · cited by 26
• Mullendore v. State 19 Beeler 53 · cited by 26
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. White 5 Smith & H. 407 · cited by 26
• Odeneal v. State 128 Tenn. 60 · cited by 26
• Toms v. Toms 2003 Tenn. LEXIS 1 · cited by 26
• State v. Hollingsworth 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 631 · cited by 26
• Thomason v. Trentham 14 Beeler 37 · cited by 26
• McGarity v. Jerrolds 2013 Tenn. App. LEXIS 552 · cited by 26
• Railway Co. v. Wilson County 89 Tenn. 597 · cited by 26
• Pennegar v. State 2 L.R.A. 703 · cited by 26
• Hale v. Johnston 140 Tenn. 182 · cited by 26
• Fry v. McCord Bros. 11 Pickle 678 · cited by 26
• Wrather v. State 15 Beeler 666 · cited by 26
• State v. Hicks 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 755 · cited by 26
• Perkins v. Brown 132 Tenn. 294 · cited by 26
• Hughes v. Brown 8 L.R.A. 480 · cited by 26
• Lindsay v. Allen 112 Tenn. 637 · cited by 26
• John Gerber Co. v. Smith 150 Tenn. 255 · cited by 26
• State v. Lyons 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 237 · cited by 25
• Frazier v. Railway Co. 88 Tenn. 138 · cited by 25
• Nance v. State 14 McCanless 328 · cited by 25
• State Ex Rel. v. Collier 7 Smith & H. 403 · cited by 25
• Hammett v. Vogue, Inc. 15 Beeler 284 · cited by 25
• Hopkins v. Hopkins 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 830 · cited by 25
• Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. Northwestern National Life Insurance 7 Smith & H. 551 · cited by 25
• State v. Gray 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 120 · cited by 25
• Mays v. State 145 Tenn. 118 · cited by 25
• Southeastern Aviation, Inc. v. Hurd 13 McCanless 639 · cited by 25
• Stem v. Nashville Interurban Ry. 142 Tenn. 494 · cited by 25
• Lettner v. Plummer 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 654 · cited by 25
• Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. Campagna 146 Tenn. 389 · cited by 25
• State v. Irick 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 505 · cited by 25
• Agee v. Brown 1 Thompson 22 · cited by 25
• Gulley v. State 23 McCanless 114 · cited by 25
• Evelyn Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc. 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 486 · cited by 25
• West v. Carr 16 McCanless 367 · cited by 25
• City of Knoxville v. Gervin 5 Beeler 532 · cited by 25
• Stevenson v. Ewing 87 Tenn. 46 · cited by 25
• State v. Hartman 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 616 · cited by 25
• State ex rel. Thompson v. Reichman 135 Tenn. 653 · cited by 25
• State v. Fisk University 87 Tenn. 233 · cited by 25
• State of Tennessee v. Jimmy Williams 558 S.W.3d 633 · cited by 25
• Folk v. Folk 357 S.W.2d 828 · cited by 25
• State v. Lewis 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 417 · cited by 25
• State v. West 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 244 · cited by 25
• State v. Mellons 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 675 · cited by 25
• Harrison v. State 21 McCanless 31 · cited by 25
• Hines v. Partridge 144 Tenn. 219 · cited by 25
• De Glopper v. Nashville Railway & Light Co. 123 Tenn. 633 · cited by 25
• Alden v. Presley 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 340 · cited by 25
• Bailey v. Blount County Board of Education 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 47 · cited by 25
• Cherokee Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 989 · cited by 25
• Shousha v. Matthews Drivurself Service, Inc. 14 McCanless 384 · cited by 25
• Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Hughes 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 551 · cited by 25
• State v. Barnes 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 619 · cited by 25
• Hopson v. State 5 McCanless 337 · cited by 25
• Ladd v. Roane Hosiery, Inc. 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 620 · cited by 25
• Davis v. Davis 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 723 · cited by 25
• Farnsworth v. Bell 1 Thompson 31 · cited by 25
• Maloney v. Collier 112 Tenn. 78 · cited by 25
• Reeser v. Yellow Freight System, Inc. 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 107 · cited by 25
• Quinley v. Cocke 19 Beeler 428 · cited by 25
• Raine v. State 143 Tenn. 168 · cited by 25
• State v. Bryant 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 95 · cited by 25
• Phillips v. State Board of Regents 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 337 · cited by 25
• Forsha v. State 19 Beeler 604 · cited by 25
• New Memphis Gaslight Co. 105 Tenn. 268 · cited by 25
• State v. Bullington 1976 Tenn. LEXIS 608 · cited by 25
• State v. Gentry 538 S.W.3d 413 · cited by 25
• Linda Beard v. James William Branson 528 S.W.3d 487 · cited by 25
• Hill v. Roberts 142 Tenn. 215 · cited by 25
• Street Railroad Co. v. Morrow 87 Tenn. 406 · cited by 25
• State v. Martin 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 621 · cited by 25
• State v. Elliott 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 665 · cited by 25
• Hodges v. Hamblen County 152 Tenn. 395 · cited by 25
• Raines v. Mercer 1 Beeler 415 · cited by 25
• State v. Sayles 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 537 · cited by 25
• Memphis Publishing Co. v. City of Memphis 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 34 · cited by 25
• Lawrence County Education Ass'n v. Lawrence County Board of Education 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 1084 · cited by 25
• Lynn v. City of Jackson 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 858 · cited by 25
• Ellis v. State 92 Tenn. 85 · cited by 25
• State v. Bolin 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 308 · cited by 25
• Patterson v. Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 781 · cited by 25
• Town of McMinnville v. Curtis 19 Beeler 442 · cited by 25
• Collard v. State 1975 Tenn. LEXIS 593 · cited by 25
• State v. Patton 1979 Tenn. LEXIS 534 · cited by 25