Section 6 - Appeals

As amended through November 4, 2024
Section 6 - Appeals
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from the decisions of a special three-judge panel appointed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated § 20-18-101, et seq., and this rule. Notice of appeal shall be filed with the Court of Appeals in compliance with the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
(b) In cases involving a constitutional challenge to a redistricting or apportionment plan enacted by the general assembly, an appealby any party is to the Supreme Court within thirty (30) days from the entry of the judgment of the special three-judge panel.
(c) If the constitutional challenge raised in the complaint, amended complaint, counter-claim, or third-party complaint is denied or reversed on appeal, the chief judge of the three-judge panel shall promptly notify the Supreme Court of that fact. The Supreme Court may then dissolve the three-judge panel and re-assign the case to the trial judge to whom the case was originally assigned to preside over and decide any remaining causes of action.
Adopted by Order filed and effective 7/1/2021; amended by Order filed and effective 9/2/2021.