Nance v. Pankey’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[A consent] order is conclusive upon the consenting parties, and can neither be amended nor in any way varied without like consent; nor can it be reheard, appealed from or reviewed upon writ of error. After a consent decree has become final it can only be attacked by a suit against the counsel who consented to it or by a bill of review or some original action. Kelly v. Walker, 208 Tenn. 388 , 346 S.W.2d 253, 255-56 (1961); see also City of Shelbyville v. State ex rel. Bedford County, 220 Tenn. 197 , 415 S.W.2d 139, 144 (1967).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bacardi v. Tennessee Board of Registration in Podiatry