The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49
- Issued
- 2021-01-15 Jan. 15, 2021
- Effective
- Jan. 15, 2021 (read as 2021-01-15)
- End
- Jury trials through Mar. 31, 2021; in-person suspension modified by the Feb. 12, 2021 order (lifted Mar. 1 for termination-of-parental-rights cases and Mar. 15, 2021 for all others) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Jan. 15, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all state and local courts
- Functions reached
- CT courts closed to in-person proceedings and jury trials through 2021 Q1
- Collection
- Tennessee TN
Operative words
In light of the continued record number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations and deaths in Tennessee and the Governor's issuance of Executive Order 73 on December 22, 2020... 1) The suspension of all jury trials is extended through the close of business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021... 2) The suspension of all in-person proceedings in all state and local courts in Tennessee... is extended through the close of business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 [as later modified]... 3) All other provisions of the Court's December 22, 2020 order shall remain in full force and effect.
Enforcement
Order of the Supreme Court
Notes
Ties the judicial suspension to the Governor's EO 73
Retrieval noteRetrieved from the Hamilton County courts' posted copy of the Supreme Court's order (the tncourts.gov capture was rate-limited); text read.