Subject: Trials

• The Great Tobacco Gold Rush

  November 26, 1998

• Musical Companies

  A security-company lawsuit may leave a state representative in legal limbo

  October 23, 2008

• Rest up, Your Catholic Priest Abuse Story Fatigue may Soon be put to the Test

  At this point, there's a good chance that any combination of the words "Catholic priest", "sex" and/or "abuse" cause you to immediately turn the page (or scroll down, as it were). No matter how much we empathize with victims, especially kids, it's hard not to feel battered by the sheer volume of news stories that have been published, especially the onslaught since 2003's landmark settlement against the Boston Archdiocese.So, just a warning, there may be reason to steel yourself for further inund

  January 7, 2009

• The Top Five Feuds in Nashville: A field guide of local acrimony

  February 5, 2009

• Dead Wrong

  June 26, 2008

• Death Row Lotto

  February 28, 2008

• The Other Volz

  January 17, 2008

• Language Barrier

  November 22, 2007

• The Blame Game

  An innocent man is arrested in Nashville, taken to Memphis and jailed. Now the victim wants someone to pay.

  August 2, 2007

• Age-Bias Case Moves Closer to Trial

  Judge finds actions of former U.S. Attorney Jim Vines and his management team “suspect,” refuses to dismiss age-discrimination lawsuit filed by former prosecutor

  April 19, 2007

• Broken Justice

  In one of the oldest federal death penalty cases in U.S. history, three suspected L.A. gangsters have been held without trial for nearly eight years on capital murder charges in Nashville's federal court

  March 29, 2007

• Words of the Week

  February 8, 2007

• And the Winners Are...

  Deputy District Attorney Tom Thurman and police Sgt. Pat Postiglione and Det. Bill Pridemore are this year’s Nashvillians of the Year

  December 28, 2006

• Swear to Tell the Truth?

  A detective retracts testimony that led to a mistrial in a high-profile murder case

  November 2, 2006

• Trouble to the South

  Black firefighters in Franklin wage a federal court fight claiming racism is widespread in the mostly white department

  August 31, 2006

• Righting History

  A local attorney unearths the secrets of a bloody decade in El Salvador

  March 2, 2006

• Not Crazy Enough

  Death row inmate Greg Thompson is a diagnosed psychopath, but the state says he’s sane enough to execute

  January 12, 2006

• On the Hook

  Suit charges BellSouth with keeping subsidies meant for poor

  December 6, 2001

• Prognosis Negative

  When doctors and lawyers fight to the death, everybody wins

  January 27, 2005

• The Morning After

  The district attorney challenges the police department's use of confidential informants having sex with prostitutes

  January 20, 2005

• Eroding the Trust

  Is Robin Costa running the once-venerable Maddox Foundation into the ground?

  September 16, 2004

• He Fights the Law

  Maybe he has an attitude problem, but when attorney Jerry Gonzalez sues judges, jailers and jackasses, everyone listens

  July 15, 2004

• This Is Your Witness on Drugs

  Judge orders new trial for defendants convicted on coked-up testimony

  January 1, 2004

• Out of Commission

  Election Commission to be subject of additional employee lawsuit

  January 1, 2004

• This Is Your Witness on Drugs

  Judge orders new trial for defendants convicted on coked-up testimony

  December 25, 2003

• Out of Commission

  Election Commission to be subject of additional employee lawsuit

  December 25, 2003

• Courtroom Penalty

  Attorneys for Predators and Powers play hardball with the Kats cheerleaders

  November 27, 2003

• 261 CD Purchasers Sue Recording Industry

  261 CD Purchasers Sue Recording Industry; “One good song and a bunch of crap”

  September 18, 2003

• Justice Done

  Gary Delsohn got unprecedented access to the Sacramento district attorney’s office and emerged with an eye-opening, insightful study of a prosecutor’s job

  August 14, 2003

• Case Closed

  Channel 5 settles the controversial “Spring Break Tapes” lawsuit

  September 26, 2002

• A Young Girl’s Ordeal

  A Harpeth Hall rape victim talks about her nightmare

  April 11, 2002

• The People vs. Jimmy Hoffa, Part 2

  The Test Fleet trial continues, and a lawyer falls from grace

  April 4, 2002

• They Might Be Giants

  How the Vanderbilt Law School class of '57 shaped a city

  February 14, 2002

• The Tables Turn

  A prosecutor in a high-profile death row case faces harsh criticism

  January 10, 2002

• Reasonable Doubt

  The jury that sentenced death row inmate Abu-Ali never heard important evidence that might save his life

  December 6, 2001

• Dressed Down

  The arena hidden camera scandal puts pressure on the district attorney

  November 1, 2001

• In Good Hands?

  Lawsuit alleges Metro Benefit Board kept life insurance benefit hush-hush

  August 2, 2001

• Trumping Tragedy

  High-stakes lawsuit follows the fatal accident of Brentwood teens

  October 26, 2000

• The Week That Was

  At the 11th hour

  April 6, 2000

• Stopping the Deal

  Company sues Metro for breach of contract

  March 16, 2000

• Killing Time

  Tennessee prepares for its first executions in four decades

  September 23, 1999

• Hooker 2, Judges 0

  June 18, 1998

• Ronnie picks a race

  May 14, 1998

• Due Processes

  April 30, 1998

• Name game

  April 16, 1998

• Sidebar

  July 10, 1997

• The White Tornado

  August 1, 1996

• Desperately Seeking the News

  February 1, 1996

• 'Big Bill' Powell Takes the Stand

  August 31, 1995

• Blame the French Maids for Area Hardee's Harrassment Suit

  Just two weeks after the four lithe French maids came through our offices with pulchritude and French Dip Thickburgers comes word of a sexual harassment suit against a Hardees manager in Goodlettsville. A female employee filed charges in Circuit Court August 14 against CKE Restaurants d.b.a. Hardees, charging that her manager at the Hardees told her she needed "to get some" and recommended "getting off" with a spiked, rubber-tipped pencil. He allegedly speculated about her sex life in front of

  August 24, 2009