Appellate courts throughout the United States place their most significant opinions in hardback books called Reporters. The appellate decisions placed in Reporters are called published opinions and may be used as precedent for future cases. Gregory D. Smith has approximately fifty (50) cases that he worked on resulting in published opinions throughout the United States. Here is a short, non-exhaustive, sampling of those opinions:

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I. U.S. Supreme Court Washington v. Glucksburg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997) {Physician Assisted Suicide} PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001) {Americans With Disabilities Act} *The brief I wrote was the subject of an article in Sports Illustrated Magazine.*

II. Federal Appeals Courts Richie v. Eberhart, 11 F.3d 587 (6th Cir. 1993) {Federal Habeas Corpus} *6th Cir. = TN, KY, OH and MI* Yeo v. Town of Lexington, 131 F.3d 241 (1st Cir. 1997)(en banc) {Freedom of Religion/Freedom of the Press} *1st Cir. = MA, ME, NH, RI and P. R.* An en banc case is heard by all of the judges of a circuit court of appeals instead of just a panel of three members of the Court. En banc review is reserved solely for cases the Court itself considers extraordinarily important. Suhre v. Haywood County, 131 F.3d 1083 (4th Cir. 1997) {Religious Rights/Separation of Church & State} *4th Cir. = MD, NC, SC, VA and WV * U.S. v. Lumpkin, 159 F.3d 983 (6th Cir. 1998) {Search & Seizure -- first impression}

III. Tennessee Supreme Court State v. Howington, 907 S.W.2d 403 (Tenn. 1995) {First Degree Murder} *This case overturned 100 years of Tennessee law.* Hilliard v. Tennessee State Home Health Services, Inc., 950 S.W.2d 344 (Tenn. 1997) {Worker's Compensation} State v. Superior Oil, Inc, 875 S.W.2d 658 (Tenn. 1994) {Environmental Protection} Bankston v. State, 908 S.W.2d 194 (Tenn. 1995) {DUI/Post-Conviction} State v. James, 902 S.W.2d 911 (Tenn. 1995) {Juvenile Rights/Freedom of the Press}

IV. Tennessee Court of Appeals Arms v. Stanton, 43 S.W. 3d 510 (Tenn. App. E.S. 2000) {Divorce / Property Title / Bigamy} Reed v. Hamilton, 39 S.W. 3d 115 (Tenn. App. W.S. 2000) {Contempt / Attorney Fees} Horton v. Hughes, 971 S.W.2d 957 (Tenn. App. M.S. 1998) {Malpractice} Montgomery County v. Nichols, 10 S.W.3d 258 (Tenn. App. W.S. 1999) {Condemnation} State ex rel. Vaughn v. Kaatrude, 21 S.W.3d 244 (Tenn. App. M.S. 2000) {Child Support}

V. Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals State v. Collins, 35 S.W. 3d 582 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000) {Dismissal of Case For Prosecutorial Misconduct} State v. Jenkins, 859 S.W.2d 364 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1993) {First Degree Murder} State v. Horton, 880 S.W.2d 732 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994) {Drugs/Sentencing} State v. Parrott, 919 S.W.2d 60 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995) {Right to Counsel} State v. Hill, 987 S.W.2d 867 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998) {Aggravated Robbery/Sentencing} Wooden v. State, 898 S.W.2d 752 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994) {Post-Conviction}

VI. Federal District Trial Cases Duncan v. U.S., 842 F. Supp. 1016 (M.D. Tenn. 1993) {Federal Habeas Corpus} Suhre v. Board of Commissioners, 894 F. Supp. 927 (W.D.N.C. 1995) {Religious Freedom} Stinson v. U.S., 102 F. Supp. 2d 912 (M.D. Tenn. 2000) {Ineffective Assistance of Counsel}

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