Williamson County mother files public records suit against Tennessee School...
A Williamson County mother, represented by the Beacon Center of Tennessee, has filed a public records lawsuit against the Tennessee School Boards Association after being denied access to the...
View ArticleSettlement requires Memphis Shelby Crime Commission to produce records
The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission has released records about its funding of the Memphis Police Department a year after a public records lawsuit. Wendi Thomas, founder of MLK50: Justice Through...
View ArticleMemphis ordered to pay attorney’s fees for violating public records law over...
The City of Memphis in March was ordered to pay $107,687 in attorney’s fees in a public records case in which it was found to willfully violate the law in Continue Reading Tennessee Coalition for Open...
View ArticleJudge rules against Knox County sheriff in public records case, puts...
In an important win for access to public records, Knox County Chancellor John Weaver found the Knox County Sheriff’s Office violated the public records law in its responses to a Continue Reading...
View ArticleResident files open meetings, public records lawsuit against Lebanon City...
The Lebanon City Council, despite undergoing training in the open meetings and public records law last year to settle a legal claim, must now face a judge over new allegations. Continue Reading...
View ArticleJudge rules Tennessee School Boards Association is ‘functional equivalent’
A Davidson County judge ruled Monday that the Tennessee School Boards Association is subject to the state public records law because it is a functional equivalent of a government agency. Continue...
View ArticleJudge affirms ruling in case against Knox County sheriff, information emerges...
Knox County Chancellor John Weaver last week declined a motion by the Knox County Sheriff to alter his order in a recent public records case, even as new information emerged Continue Reading Tennessee...
View ArticleSettlement requires Memphis Shelby Crime Commission to produce records
The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission has released records about its funding of the Memphis Police Department a year after a public records lawsuit. Wendi Thomas, founder of MLK50: Justice Through...
View ArticleLawsuit by Scoop Media Group challenges redaction of victim names
Update: Scoop Media won its public records case in August 2020. Montgomery County Chancellor Laurence M. McMillan ruled that T.C.A. § 4-38-111(i) does not make confidential the names and address of...
View ArticleMemphis ordered to pay attorney’s fees for violating public records law over...
Memphis and Nashville have both lost public records lawsuits over the past two years in which they were found to willfully violate the public records law in not releasing traffic accident report...
View ArticleJudge rules against Knox County sheriff in public records case, puts...
Chancellor John Weaver ruled on April 9, 2020, in favor of Meghan Conley, who sued the Knox County sheriff over its responses to her public records requests. In an important win for access to public...
View ArticleResident files open meetings, public records lawsuit against Lebanon City...
Lebanon City Council members are facing a lawsuit over violations of the Open Meetings Act and public records law because of a meeting closed to the public, and failing to provide meeting minutes....
View ArticleJudge rules Tennessee School Boards Association is ‘functional equivalent’
A Davidson County judge ruled Monday that the Tennessee School Boards Association is subject to the state public records law because it is a functional equivalent of a government agency. Chancellor...
View ArticleJudge affirms ruling in case against Knox County sheriff, information emerges...
Knox County Chancellor John Weaver last week declined a motion by the Knox County Sheriff to alter his order in a recent public records case, even as new information emerged that even more requested...
View ArticleTN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires
Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Moskal denied a request for an injunction to force the production of data that could show which Tennesseans have not yet returned absentee ballots. Her ruling was...
View ArticleCitizen wins $78K in attorney’s fees, expenses in public records suit against...
A Knox County judge last week awarded $78,007 in attorney's fees and expenses to a citizen who took the Knox County Sheriff to court for violating the public records law. Meghan Conley was awarded $78K...
View ArticleKnox County sheriff to appeal judge’s decision in public records case
The Knox County Sheriff's Office has filed notice to appeal its loss in a public records case in which the judge found it violated the law in denying access to records requested by a University of...
View ArticleLawsuit challenges use of deliberative process privilege to keep McKinsey...
A Nashville citizen has sued the state for refusing to release a government efficiency report prepared by an outside consultant in connection with the state's COVID-19 response. The state's Department...
View ArticleNashville Post journalist files public records lawsuit over state’s McKinsey...
In the second public records lawsuit against Gov. Bill Lee's administration in a matter of weeks, Nashville Post journalist Stephen Elliott says that the administration's claim of a "deliberative...
View ArticleAG tells judge COVID-19 reports should be withheld to avoid ‘Monday-morning...
The deputy attorney general for Tennessee argued in court this week that reports by consultant McKinsey and Co. regarding the re-opening of Tennessee and other government responses during the COVID-19...
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