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TN Code § 20-17-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-104. Petition to Dismiss Legal Action Filed in Response to Party's Exercise of the Right of Free Speech, Right to Petition, or Right of Association — Response — Stay of Discovery

  If a legal action is filed in response to a party's exercise of the right of free speech, right to petition, or right of association, that party may petition the court to dismiss the legal action.   Such a petition may be filed within sixty (60) calendar days from the date of service of the legal action or, in the court's discretion, at any later time that the court deems proper.   A response to the petition, including any opposing affidavits, may be served and filed by the opposing party no less than five (5) days before the hearing or, in the court's discretion, at any earlier time that the court deems proper.   All discovery in the legal action is stayed upon the filing of a petition under this section. The stay of discovery remains in effect until the entry of an order ruling on the petition. The court may allow specified and limited discovery relevant to the petition upon a showing of good cause.
TN Code § 20-17-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-105. Burden of Proof — Dismissal of Legal Action

  The petitioning party has the burden of making a prima facie case that a legal action against the petitioning party is based on, relates to, or is in response to that party's exercise of the right to free speech, right to petition, or right of association.   If the petitioning party meets this burden, the court shall dismiss the legal action unless the responding party establishes a prima facie case for each essential element of the claim in the legal action.   Notwithstanding subsection (b), the court shall dismiss the legal action if the petitioning party establishes a valid defense to the claims in the legal action.   The court may base its decision on supporting and opposing sworn affidavits stating admissible evidence upon which the liability or defense is based and on other admissible evidence presented by the parties.   If the court dismisses a legal action pursuant to a petition filed under this chapter, the legal action or the challenged claim is dismissed with prejudice.   If the court determines the responding party established a likelihood of prevailing on a claim:  The fact that the court made that determination and the substance of the determination may not be admitted into evidence later in the case; and   The determination does not affect the burden or standard of proof in the proceeding.
TN Code § 20-17-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-106. Appeal of Order Dismissing or Refusing to Dismiss Legal Action

 The court's order dismissing or refusing to dismiss a legal action pursuant to a petition filed under this chapter is immediately appealable as a matter of right to the court of appeals. The Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure applicable to appeals as a matter of right governs such appeals.
TN Code § 20-17-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-107. Award of Court Costs, Attorney's Fees, and Other Costs and Expenses — Additional Relief

  If the court dismisses a legal action pursuant to a petition filed under this chapter, the court shall award to the petitioning party:  Court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, discretionary costs, and other expenses incurred in filing and prevailing upon the petition; and   Any additional relief, including sanctions, that the court determines necessary to deter repetition of the conduct by the party who brought the legal action or by others similarly situated.     If the court finds that a petition filed under this chapter was frivolous or was filed solely for the purpose of unnecessary delay, and makes specific written findings and conclusions establishing such finding, the court may award to the responding party court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in opposing the petition.
TN Code § 20-17-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-108. Effect of Chapter

 Nothing in this chapter:   Applies to an enforcement action that is brought in the name of the state or a political subdivision of this state by the attorney general, a district attorney general, or a county or municipal attorney;   Can result in findings or determinations that are admissible in evidence at any later stage of the underlying legal action or in any subsequent legal action;   Affects or limits the authority of a court to award sanctions, costs, attorney's fees, or any other relief available under any other statute, court rule, or other authority;   Affects, limits, or precludes the right of any party to assert any defense, remedy, immunity, or privilege otherwise authorized by law;   Affects the substantive law governing any asserted claim;   Creates a private right of action; or   Creates any cause of action for any government entity, agency, or employee.
TN Code § 20-17-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-109. Intent of Chapter

 This chapter is intended to provide an additional substantive remedy to protect the constitutional rights of parties and to supplement any remedies which are otherwise available to those parties under common law, statutory law, or constitutional law or under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.
TN Code § 20-17-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 17 - Tennessee Public Participation Act|§ 20-17-110. Severability

 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of chapter 185 of the Public Acts of 2019 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of chapter 185 of the Public Acts of 2019 are declared to be severable.
TN Code § 22-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 1 - Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 22-1-101. Obligation to Serve — Qualifications

 It is policy of this state that all qualified citizens have an obligation to serve on petit juries or grand juries when summoned by the courts of this state, unless excused. Every person eighteen (18) years of age, being a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state, and of the county in which the person may be summoned for jury service for a period of twelve (12) months next preceding the date of the summons, is legally qualified to act as a grand or petit juror, if not otherwise incompetent under the express provisions of this title.
TN Code § 22-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 1 - Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 22-1-102. Incompetent Persons

 The following persons are incompetent to act as jurors:   Persons convicted of a felony or any other infamous offense in a court of competent jurisdiction; or   Persons convicted of perjury or subornation of perjury.
TN Code § 22-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 1 - Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 22-1-104. Disqualification by Interest or Relationship

 No person may act as a juror in any case in which the person is interested, or in which either of the parties is connected with the person by affinity or consanguinity, within the sixth degree, as computed by the civil law, except by consent of all parties.
TN Code § 22-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 1 - Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 22-1-105. Discharge of Unqualified Jurors — Reasonable or Proper Cause

 A court may discharge from service a grand or petit juror who does not possess the requisite qualifications, or who is disqualified from such service, or for any other reasonable or proper cause, to be judged by the court. That a state of mind exists on the juror's part that will prevent the juror from acting impartially shall constitute such cause.
TN Code § 22-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 1 - Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 22-1-106. Exemption From Process

 Service of process on any juror while that juror is attending or traveling to or from the court to which the juror is summoned is voidable and subject to challenge.
TN Code § 22-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 3 - Examination and Challenge of Jurors|§ 22-3-101. Absolute Right of Parties to Examine

 Parties in civil and criminal cases or their attorneys shall have an absolute right to examine prospective jurors in such cases, notwithstanding any rule of procedure or practice of court to the contrary.
TN Code § 22-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 3 - Examination and Challenge of Jurors|§ 22-3-102. Challenge for General Causes of Incompetency

 Either party to an action may challenge for cause any person presented as a petit juror, in either a civil or criminal proceeding, who is incompetent to act as a juror under chapter 1 of this title or who has completed a jury service term in any court of this state within the previous twenty-four (24) months.
TN Code § 22-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 3 - Examination and Challenge of Jurors|§ 22-3-103. Challenge for Adverse Interest

 Either party to an action may challenge for cause any person who has an adverse interest in a similar suit involving like questions of facts or involving the same parties.
TN Code § 22-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 3 - Examination and Challenge of Jurors|§ 22-3-104. Peremptory Challenges — Effect of Consolidation of Cases

  Either party to a civil action may challenge four (4) jurors without assigning any cause.   In the event there is more than one (1) party plaintiff or more than one (1) party defendant in a civil action, four (4) additional challenges shall be allowed to such side or sides of the case; and the trial court shall, in its discretion, divide the aggregate number of challenges between the parties on the same side, which shall not exceed eight (8) challenges to the side, regardless of the number of parties. Even when two (2) or more cases are consolidated for trial purposes, the total challenges shall be eight (8), as provided in this subsection (b).   If a party is both a plaintiff and a defendant, that party is considered one (1) party for the purpose of this section.
TN Code § 22-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-101. Per Diem and Travel Allowance

  Every regular juror, including jurors on chancery court juries, is entitled to receive at least ten dollars ($10.00) for each day's attendance.   The legislative body of any county or the legislative body of the metropolitan government of any county having a metropolitan form of government may by vote increase this rate to an amount in excess of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day's attendance and to allow all tolls necessarily incurred in going to and returning from court and mileage at the rate of ten cents (10¢) per mile on the way from the home of the juror to the courthouse of the county where the juror is summoned and attends. In the alternative, the county may pay each juror a flat rate of eleven dollars ($11.00) per day, or any county with a metropolitan or home rule type of government may, at its option, set the compensation for each juror in its county by ordinance, to be paid out of the county treasury.   This section shall not be intended or considered as repealing or rescinding any special or private act now in effect.   The amount of fees or compensation of juries serving in all criminal actions shall be equal to that of juries serving in felony cases.   Notwithstanding this section, any juror who is sequestered is entitled to receive at least thirty dollars ($30.00) for each day's attendance.
TN Code § 22-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-102. Tales Jurors

 Tales jurors shall be compensated in the same manner as regular jurors.
TN Code § 22-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-103. Reimbursement of Jurors

 To qualify for reimbursement, jurors must prove, under oath, during the jury service term in which they serve and before the jury coordinator, the tolls necessarily incurred in going to or returning from their place of residence to the courthouse.
TN Code § 22-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-104. Certification of List to County Official

 The jury coordinator shall, when the jury pool is discharged, make out and certify a list of the jurors, with the number of days they have respectively served, and the amount due to each, and deliver the list to the appropriate county official, who shall compensate jurors in the amount due to each of them in accordance with applicable financial procedures in the county.
TN Code § 22-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-105. Issuance of Warrants

 It is the duty of the county to issue a warrant in payment of jury service every thirty (30) days, for the full amount due up to that time, to each member of a regular, grand or petit jury, when the jury service term extends beyond thirty (30) days in length.
TN Code § 22-4-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 22 - Juries and Jurors|Chapter 4 - Compensation of Jurors|§ 22-4-107. Donation of Juror Reimbursement to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund

  Each prospective juror reporting for jury service shall be provided a form letter that, when signed by the prospective juror, directs the county treasurer to donate all of the prospective juror's reimbursement for jury service to the criminal injuries compensation fund provided for in title 29, chapter 13.   The county treasurer shall send all donations made under subsection (a) to the state department of the treasury for deposit to the credit of the criminal injuries compensation fund.
TN Code § 23-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-101. Board of Law Examiners

  A state board of law examiners is created, to consist of not more than five (5) members of the state bar, who shall be appointed from time to time by the supreme court, and shall hold office.    The compensation of each member of the board shall be fixed by the administrative director of the courts, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court, and shall include travel expenses.   All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be pursuant to policies and guidelines promulgated by the supreme court.   From the receipts from fees, the board shall pay its compensation and expenses, and any excess of receipts over disbursements shall be paid over to the state treasurer for the use of the state; it being the purpose that the board and its administration shall not be a charge upon, or an expense to the state, that compensation and expenses shall come only from the board's income, and that any excess of income over compensation and expenses shall go into the state treasury.
TN Code § 23-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-103. Examination of Applicants

 There shall be an examination of persons applying for a license to practice as attorneys and counselors at law at the cities of Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, respectively, and at such other places and times as the supreme court may direct. The supreme court shall prescribe rules to regulate the admission of persons to practice law and provide for a uniform system of examinations that will govern and control admission to practice law and to regulate the board in the performance of its duties.
TN Code § 23-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-104. Certification and Admission of Successful Applicants

  The board of law examiners shall certify to the supreme court the names of all applicants who have passed the required examination and who are determined by the board to be of full age and of such reputation and character as to be likely to contribute to upholding the high standards of the legal profession.   Upon certification, if the supreme court finds that the person is of full age and good moral character and otherwise qualified, it shall enter an order licensing and admitting the person to practice as an attorney, solicitor and counselor in all the courts of the state, which license, if procured by fraud, may be revoked at any time within two (2) years.
TN Code § 23-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-105. Admission on Foreign License

 The supreme court may make provisions, rules and regulations it deems proper for the admission of persons who have been licensed to practice law in other states or countries.
TN Code § 23-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-106. Fees — Accounting

 Every person, at the time of applying for examination, shall pay a fee as specified by the rules of the supreme court, and the supreme court is authorized to delegate the fixing of the fees to the board of law examiners. The board shall render to the secretary of state an annual account of receipts and disbursements on December 31 of each year.
TN Code § 23-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-107. Women Admitted to Practice

 Any women eighteen (18) years of age or older and otherwise possessing the necessary qualifications, may be granted a license to practice law in the courts of this state.
TN Code § 23-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-108. License and Oath Required

 No person shall practice law in this state without first receiving a license issued by the Tennessee supreme court and complying with Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 6 concerning admission to the practice of law, except that nothing in this section precludes the pro hac vice admission of persons licensed in other jurisdictions in accordance with Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 19.   Code 1858, § 3965 (deriv. Acts 1798, ch. 2, §§ 2, 3; 1809 (Sept.), ch. 6, § 1); Shan., § 5772; mod. Code 1932, § 9970; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-108; Acts 1987, ch. 328, § 1; 2009, ch. 485, § 1.
TN Code § 23-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 1 - Qualification and Admission to Practice|§ 23-1-109. Party Acting as Own Attorney

 Any person may conduct and manage the person's own case in any court of this state.   Code 1858, § 3979; Shan., § 5791; Code 1932, § 9982; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-109.
TN Code § 23-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-101. Counsel Assigned to Paupers

 At the return term of the process, the court may appoint counsel for the plaintiff in actions prosecuted in the manner prescribed for paupers, and also for the defendant, if the defendant makes an oath that, owing to the defendant's poverty, the defendant cannot employ counsel.   Code 1858, § 3980 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, § 3; 1857-1858, ch. 58); Shan., § 5792; mod. Code 1932, § 9983; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-201.
TN Code § 23-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-102. Lien on Right of Action

 Attorneys and solicitors of record who begin a suit shall have a lien upon the plaintiff's or complainant's right of action from the date of the filing of the suit.
TN Code § 23-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-103. Lien on Action Begun Before Employment

 Any attorney or solicitor who is employed to prosecute a suit that has already been brought in any court of record shall have a lien upon the plaintiff's right of action from the date of the attorney's or solicitor's employment in the case; provided, that the record of the case shall first be made to show such employment by notice upon the rule docket of such court, by a written memorandum filed with the papers in the case or by notice served upon the defendant in the case.
TN Code § 23-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-104. Power of Attorney to Execute Papers

 An attorney or solicitor has power to execute, in the name of the attorney's or solicitor's client, all bonds or other papers necessary and proper for the prosecution of the suit at any stage of its progress.   Code 1858, § 3978; Shan., § 5790; mod. Code 1932, § 9981; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-204.
TN Code § 23-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-105. Service of Subpoenas

  Notwithstanding any other law or rule of court to the contrary, an attorney licensed to practice law in this state or the attorney's agent shall be authorized to serve subpoenas on witnesses in any civil or criminal case if service is effectuated in accordance with subsection (b) and if the attorney or any member of the attorney's firm is involved in the case for which the subpoenas are issued.   In order for service under this section to be effective, the name of both the attorney and the attorney's agent, if any, shall be written on the subpoena and both persons shall sign the subpoena. The subpoena shall be served in person by either the attorney or the agent whose name appears on the subpoena, and the person effectuating service shall file with the issuing clerk an affidavit of return stating that the subpoena was served, the identity of the person served and the date, place and manner of service. An agent may serve a subpoena under this section only if the agent is eighteen (18) years of age or older. The attorney shall be responsible for the actions of the attorney's agent serving the subpoena in accordance with generally accepted principles of agency law.
TN Code § 23-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 23 - Attorneys-at-Law|Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 23-2-106. Tennessee Attorney as Counsel Overseas — Foreign Counsel in State

  Any attorney duly licensed to practice law in this state may serve as counsel overseas for the purpose of providing counsel and opinions on Tennessee law.    Any foreign attorney duly licensed to practice law in the attorney's country may serve as counsel in this state for the purpose of providing counsel and opinions on that foreign country's law.   If the foreign counsel wants to appear in court, that attorney must then comply with Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 19.