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3 Mar, 2014

Chattanooga should not appeal open records ruling

By Deborah Fisher|2018-11-16T15:13:04-06:00March 3, 2014|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: attorneys' fees, Chattanooga, litigation|0 Comments

The Open Records Act in Tennessee has bite. Because the city of Chattanooga was found to be willful and dishonest in denying public records to citizen Rebecca Little, an appeals court said it must pay her attorneys’ fees and costs: $71,343. Citizens shouldn’t have to sue to get their local government to follow the law. Such a case is never easy. It took three years. The city appealed one decision to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which declined to hear it. The city could try again over the latest Appeals Court ruling on the amount of fees, further dragging out the case, creating more costs for both sides. It has until [...]

20 Feb, 2014

Rebecca Little discusses what led to her public records lawsuit

By Deborah Fisher|2018-11-16T15:12:28-06:00February 20, 2014|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: attorneys' fees, Chancellor Frank Brown, Chattanooga, litigation|0 Comments

Victors in a public records lawsuit: The Little family owns Tennessee RiverPlace, a bed and breakfast in Lookout Valley in Chattanooga. Rebecca Little won a public records lawsuit with the city, but the family continues to fight over services Chattanooga promised during annexation in the 1970s but hasn't delivered. I talked with Rebecca Little this morning about her victory at the appeals court last week in her public records lawsuit. The appeals court on Friday overturned Hamilton County Chancellor W. Frank Brown in Little's public records case against the city of Chattanooga – ruling that the city must reimburse Little $71,343 in attorney fees and other costs to [...]

20 Feb, 2014

Chattanooga must pay woman $71K for attorney fees in public records lawsuit
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Chattanooga must pay woman $71K for attorney fees in public records lawsuit

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Chattanooga must pay woman $71K for attorney fees in public records lawsuit

By Deborah Fisher|2018-11-16T15:08:52-06:00February 20, 2014|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: attorneys' fees, Chancellor Frank Brown, Chattanooga, Grant Konvalinka & Harrison, John Anderson, litigation|1 Comment

Rebecca Little sued the city of Chattanooga after it didn't respond to her public records request as required by state law. She was trying to find out the progress of services promised for an annexed area. An appeals court says the city owes her $71K in attorney's fees because it was "willful" in not following the state's Open Records Act. A Tennessee appeals court last week sent a strong message in a public records lawsuit against the city of Chattanooga, ordering the trial court to award the full $71,343 in attorney fees and expenses incurred by the citizen who brought the case. It was the second [...]

8 Feb, 2014

Nashville sued for records in Vanderbilt rape case

By Deborah Fisher|2014-04-09T16:51:32-05:00February 8, 2014|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: crime records, litigation, The Tennessean|0 Comments

From Associated Press: NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A coalition of news media organizations, including The Tennessean and The Associated Press, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Nashville to force the release of records in a case involving former Vanderbilt football players charged with rape. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks video surveillance and photographs that Vanderbilt University turned over to police. The media organizations are not seeking additional video or photographs believed to have been taken by defendants during the alleged attack. The suit says records obtained by Nashville police that were created by parties outside government should be public under state law. Four former football players are accused of raping an [...]