March 11, 2021 A resolution designed to remove Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle from the bench may have died, but other legislation is pending that could move cases against the state out of Davidson County into more conservative parts of Tennessee. Subscribe Cases against the state of Tennessee are filed in Davidson County courts because the State Capitol is located in Nashville. But state Sen. Mike Bell, a Riceville Republican from southeast Tennessee, said Wednesday he is planning to introduce legislation that would move cases against the state to different judicial jurisdictions, either surrounding counties or into one of the state's three grand divisions. He also mentioned the possibility of setting up judicial panels to hear those cases.