Tennessee § 27-1-119 - Opinions furnished to counsel.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 27-1-119 — Opinions furnished to counsel., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-1-119. Opinions furnished to counsel.
The members of the supreme court, the court of appeals and court of criminal appeals for each division of the state shall immediately, on announcement of the opinion of the court in any case before it, mail a copy of the opinion filed by the court in each case decided in such court to counsel of record for each of the parties thereto. Where more than one (1) person shall appear as counsel of record for one (1) party, or where one (1) or more persons shall appear as counsel for more than one (1) party, then only one (1) copy of the opinion shall be mailed. If the court so desires, it may deliver such copies to the clerk of the court, who shall mail such copies to counsel of record, the mailing fees to be taxed as a part of the costs of the cause. Acts 1943, ch. 74, §§ 1, 2; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 9924.1, 10629.1 (Williams, §§ 9924.1, 9924.2); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-121; modified. Law Reviews. The Procedural Details of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, VII. Disposition of Appeals (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 90.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-1-119 ("Opinions furnished to counsel.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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