Attorney Perry Allan Craft's Legal Cases

Antitrust and trade law

Tennessee v. Sam Luter Oil Co.

Sep 03, 1996

OUTCOME: Gasoline firm entered a plea of guilt to state antitrust violation for price fixing under state antitrust law and then agreed to pay $890,000 to consumers

Gasoline firm charged with price fixing in violation of state antitrust law.

Antitrust and trade law

Blake v. Abbott Labs, 1996 Tenn. Lexis App. 184 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996)

Mar 26, 1996

OUTCOME: State antitrust statutes broadly construed

State antitrust statute provided consumers a remedy for price-fixing agreements even though they purchased the products from middlemen and not the firms that fixed prices

Trusts

State ex rel. Adventist Health Care Sys. Health Corp. v. Nashville Memorial Hosp., 914 S.W.2d 903 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995)

Jan 09, 1995

OUTCOME: Court held that Attorney General acted properly

Non-profit hospital sold to for profit hospital chain. State Attorney General approved transaction and imposed conditions on non-profit foundation that retained funds. The approval and sale were c ... hallenged in court.

Antitrust and trade law

GHEM, Inc. v. Mapco Petroleum, Inc., 850 S.W.2d 447 (Tenn. S.Ct. 1993)

Mar 15, 1993

OUTCOME: Dealer lost in part because it could not show an injury to competition

The Tennessee Supreme Court defined the elements necessary for a retail gas dealer to sue under the Tennessee Petroleum Trade Practices Act, I wrote the amicus brief for the Tennessee Attorney General ... 's office.

Antitrust and trade law

Tennessee ex rel. Burson v. Flav-O-Rich, Inc., 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19339

Aug 22, 1991

OUTCOME: Company agreed to pay substantial sum.

Consent decree against firm for antitrust violations

Constitutional

Secretary of State v. St. Augustine Church/St. Augustine School, 766 S.W.2d 499

Feb 27, 1989

OUTCOME: Statutes authorizing certain gambling struck as unconstitutional

State Constitution prohibited certain gambling.

Securities and investment fraud

Nichols v. Merrill Lynch, 706 F. Supp. 1309 457 (M.D. Tenn. 1989)

Jan 18, 1989

OUTCOME: Court ruled that Consumer Protection Act may apply to securities law violations

Investors sued in federal court for relief under Consumer Protection Act and State Securities law.

Criminal defense

LAMAS v. STATE, 1986 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 2223

Feb 18, 1986

OUTCOME: Inmate lost.

After entering guilty pleas to serious felonies, Inmate filed petition for post-conviction relief claiming ineffective assistance of counsel or that his lawyer did not competently represent him. As an ... Assistant Attorney General, I represented the State in the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Constitutional

State v. Bailey, 701 S.W.2d 632 (Tenn. Crim App. 1985)

Oct 09, 1985

OUTCOME: Appellate Court agreed and set aside the increased amount of restitution.

After sentencing was ordered, trial judge later raised amount of restitution required of defendant. On appeal, I represented the State and made it clear that the double jeopardy clause prevented incre ... asing the punishment.

Antitrust and trade law

Tenn. ex rel. Leech v. Highland Mem. Cemetery, 489 F.Supp. 65 (E.D. Tenn. 1980)

Mar 26, 1980

OUTCOME: Agreement by cemeteries not to provide funerals on a particular day of the week held to be a restraint of trade and unlawful

First federal antitrust case brought and tried under then new statutory parens patriae authority allowing State Attorney Generals to sue for antitrust violations

Perry Allan Craft's Legal Cases (20)

Tennessee v. Sam Luter Oil Co.

Blake v. Abbott Labs, 1996 Tenn. Lexis App. 184 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996)

State ex rel. Adventist Health Care Sys. Health Corp. v. Nashville Memorial Hosp., 914 S.W.2d 903 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995)

GHEM, Inc. v. Mapco Petroleum, Inc., 850 S.W.2d 447 (Tenn. S.Ct. 1993)

Tennessee ex rel. Burson v. Flav-O-Rich, Inc., 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19339

Secretary of State v. St. Augustine Church/St. Augustine School, 766 S.W.2d 499

Nichols v. Merrill Lynch, 706 F. Supp. 1309 457 (M.D. Tenn. 1989)

LAMAS v. STATE, 1986 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 2223

State v. Bailey, 701 S.W.2d 632 (Tenn. Crim App. 1985)

Tenn. ex rel. Leech v. Highland Mem. Cemetery, 489 F.Supp. 65 (E.D. Tenn. 1980)