Local municipal judges who live outside the boundaries of the city where they preside have found a "workaround" after a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that put them in limbo.
The opinion says municipal judges have to live in their municipality.
Some city judges here do live within the confines of their towns - such as Gary Humble of Signal Mountain, Stevie Persinger of Lookout Mountain and Marty Lasley of Soddy Daisy, but others don't.
Those living outside the limits include East Ridge Judge Tracy Cox, Red Bank Judge Johnny Houston and longtime Collegedale Judge Kevin Wilson.
Initially, General Sessions Court judges were coming out to the municipalities to hear cases.
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