public records lawsuits Tennessee

1 May, 2024

WBIR anchor files public records suit over denial of UT-Battelle records

By |2024-05-01T15:29:55-05:00May 1, 2024|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee, public university records|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Longtime WBIR journalist John Becker has filed a lawsuit challenging the University of Tennessee's denial of public records related to its joint venture, UT-Battelle LLC, which runs the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The case is set to be heard on May 31 in Knox County Chancery Court.

3 Jan, 2024

Judge rules expenses related to legislative intern harassment exempt from public records law

By |2024-01-03T17:02:01-06:00January 3, 2024|Categories: Legislature, public records lawsuits Tennessee, state records|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A Nashville judge said the expenses related to harassment of a 19-year-old legislative intern by then-state lawmaker Scotty Campbell are exempt from the public records law based on a House rule and a policy on workplace harassment. But Chancellor Russell Perkins refused to buy the state's broad argument that the General Assembly is exempt from the public records law.

21 Jun, 2023

After 2 1/2 years of delays, journalist files public records suit against Memphis over police audits

By |2023-06-21T09:47:12-05:00June 21, 2023|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee, requests|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

For 2 1/2 years, Memphis journalist Marc Perrusquia has received perfunctory communications from the city of Memphis that it is still reviewing and considering his records request, each time pushing the date for their response down the road. Perrusquia is asking for audits of a Memphis police program that provides intervention for officers who have exhibited behavior or performance problems. However, the city has stonewalled his request, contacting him 41 times over the 2 1/2 years extending the "time necessary" to complete the request. Now he has filed a lawsuit challenging those delays and in an effort to shake loose the audits.

20 Jun, 2023

Release the Covenant crime records: An aware public can help stop additional attacks

By |2023-06-21T09:22:43-05:00June 20, 2023|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville has led to an extraordinary legal battle over the public records law and transparency of our criminal justice system. The school, the church that owns the school and the parents of the schoolchildren are seeking to stop the public from seeing evidence collected by police in one of the most horrific crimes in Nashville in recent memory, saying that it would be too painful and inspire more school shootings.

25 May, 2023

Chancellor says victim rights warrant consideration in access to police records

By |2023-05-25T10:18:56-05:00May 25, 2023|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

A judge said victim rights in the Tennessee constitution and in statute warranted review as to whether they would block access to the writings of a mass shooter and other records collected by police in their investigation. She granted permission to parents of Covenant School children to intervene in a lawsuit to pursue the claim.

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