A dispute between the town of Walden, some of its citizens and a landowner involving a planned grocery store project is now all in the hands of a Bradley County judge.
Hamilton County Chancellor Pamela A. Fleenor on Wednesday transferred the latest piece of the legal case to Bradley Circuit Court Judge J. Michael Sharp.
Judge Sharp already had taken on a lawsuit involving the Walden residents against landowner LOP LLC and the town. Hamilton County judges earlier had recused themselves from that case.
On Wednesday, Chancellor Fleenor said that a separate legal action related to the original case should be heard by Judge Sharp as well.
In an order prior to a scheduled court hearing, the chancellor said that both cases arise out of the same series of transactions and occurrences “such that the disposition of one may impair or impede interests in the other.”