TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 1, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court has approved a proposed plan submitted by judges in the First Judicial District, which will allow the courts to begin hearing in-person cases on May 4. The only modification the court made to the plan was to ensure that there are no more than 10 people — exclusive of judge, court personnel and court security — in a courtroom at any one time. The judges report that this will require staggering of cases and dockets. Other policies to be observed include no spectators or family in the courthouse and witnesses remaining outside the courtroom or courthouse, depending on the volume of each docket.