There are 8 article(s) tagged Thomas Parker:

• May 2026

  • State prosecutors, civil rights attorneys argue over bail statute

    Attorneys squared off in federal court Wednesday over a 2024 state law that changed Shelby County’s bail-setting procedures.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 28, 2026

• March 2025

  • Edmund Ford Jr. appears in federal court Thursday

    David Pritchard, who is prosecuting the case, told Judge Thomas Parker he expects to hand over 80,000 pages of documents and 512 gigabytes of phone and computer records to Ford Jr.’s attorney Michael Scholl.

    By Aarron Fleming March 06, 2025

• January 2024

  • Federal court sides with county in COVID-19 vaccine tweet case

    Judy Martin retired from the health department in 2020 after more than 1,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine expired; her lawsuit alleged Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris damaged her reputation with a social media post. 

    By Bill Dries January 25, 2024

• December 2022

  • Federal judge hears challenge to TVA’s long-term contracts

    U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker presided over a four-hour hearing Thursday concerning the legality of TVA’s long-term contract. 

    By Keely Brewer December 01, 2022

• November 2022

  • TVA’s long-term contract in court this week

    A lawsuit alleges that TVA’s long-term contracts violate two federal laws. A U.S. district judge will hear the case Thursday. 

    By Keely Brewer November 29, 2022

• January 2022

  • Judge orders more info from TVA on long-term contracts

    The Tennessee Valley Authority has to turn over material about the 20-year contract agreement it wants Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and all the other local utilities in its system to sign.

    By Bill Dries January 28, 2022

• July 2021

  • Owens sentenced to three years in federal heroin case

    The son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens drew a sentence below federal guidelines for drug conspiracy.

    By Bill Dries July 09, 2021

• October 2018

  • Federal court dismisses challenge aimed at voting machines

    An effort to have the federal Department of Homeland Security conduct a cyber-security threat assessment of Shelby County’s touchscreen voting machines and a have a special master review the county’s voting system has been denied in Memphis Federal Court.

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2018