The Petitioner, Henry T. Johnson, appeals from the Lake County Circuit Court’s summary dismissal of his second petition for writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, the Petitioner contends he raised cognizable claims for habeas corpus relief and asserts his judgment of conviction of first degree murder is void because (1) the trial court failed to pronounce judgment or sentence pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-20-101(a); (2) the original judgment was not signed by the trial judge; and (3) the trial judge was without jurisdiction to enter a corrected judgment because the original judgment had already become final. Discerning no error, we affirm.

This is a termination of parental rights appeal. The trial court found that four statutory grounds existed to terminate Mother’s and Father’s parental rights to the minor child and that termination of parental rights would be in the child’s best interest. Father has appealed. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

This is a post-divorce civil contempt action stemming from a divorce that was finalized in 2014. At the hearing on the contempt petition in February 2024, the husband moved the trial court to dismiss the petition because the parties’ marital dissolution agreement was not in the record. The trial court granted this motion but later, upon motion by the wife, set aside the 2014 final decree pursuant to Rule 60.01. The trial court re-entered the final decree, nunc pro tunc, with the marital dissolution agreement attached. From this order, the husband timely appeals to this Court. We reverse.

In the Circuit Court for Washington County (“the Trial Court”), Gayla Henry filed a motion to vacate two 2019 judgments entered by the General Sessions Court for Washington County (“the General Sessions Court”) in favor of Jesse Street and Property Listing and Rental Agency (“Property Listing”) and to re-open a case dismissed by the Trial Court in 2020. She named Mr. Street; Property Listing; Robert Stacy, sole proprietor of Property Listing; and Kristi Shepard, a real estate agent employed by Property Listing (“Defendants”) as defendants in her motion. She alleged that the 2019 judgments had been procured through fraud by opposing counsel. The Trial Court denied the motion to vacate. Ms. Henry appeals. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm and grant Defendants’ request for attorney’s fees and costs on appeal.

A husband and wife disputed the value of the husband’s business for purposes of equitably dividing the marital estate in their divorce. The trial court adopted a value proposed by the wife’s expert. Because we conclude that the evidence does not preponderate against the trial court’s findings, we affirm.

In 2020, a local board of education adopted changes to its student code of conduct requiring, among other things, that teachers participate in a student discipline policy and engage in social and emotional learning support. The local teachers’ association filed suit, arguing that the board of education was required to engage in collaborative conferencing with the teachers’ association before adopting the changes because they constituted “working conditions” under the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011, Tennessee Code Annotated section 49-5-608(a). The trial court agreed and granted summary judgment in favor of the teachers’ association. We reverse.

June 23, 2025 - June 27, 2025.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he is released to await trial on human smuggling charges, the Associated Press reports. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys had asked Nashville-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes on Friday to delay his release because of what they described as “contradictory statements” by the administration over what would happen to him if released. The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it intends to try Abrego Garcia on the smuggling charges before moving to deport him. Earlier that day though a DOJ lawyer told a federal judge in Maryland that the U.S. government planned to deport him to a “third country.” Holmes, who ruled on June 22 that Abrego Garcia has a right to be released while awaiting trial on smuggling charges, approved the defense team’s request to delay that order.

Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr. announced criminal charges today against three defendants in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud the Federal Employees’ Compensation Fund (FECA). The charges, filed in federal court, are part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The case involves a West Tennessee pharmacy that allegedly billed FECA for medications that were not based on valid prescriptions and were not dispensed to injured claimants. The charges are part of a nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, according to a news release. The defendants allegedly defrauded programs entrusted with the care of the elderly and disabled. In connection with the takedown, the government seized more than $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles and other assets. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Sara Porter of the Gulf Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force and Assistant U.S. Attorney Raney Irwin of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee.

Metro Nashville Arts will host an official dedication ceremony for a new mural, “They Fought With Words: Leaders, Lawyers and Educators," at the Looby Community Center on July 16. The artwork, created by Creative Girls Rock with lead artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik, celebrates the life and legacy of Nashville lawyer and civil rights icon Z. Alexander Looby. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. CDT. The program will begin at 1 p.m. in the Looby Theater. Those interested in attending can register here.