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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

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 [...]

20 Jan, 2014

Judge affirms News Sentinel’s right to emails

By Deborah Fisher|2014-04-09T16:58:56-05:00January 20, 2014|Categories: email|Tags: emails, Knox County, Knoxville News Sentinel, litigation|0 Comments

A judge sided again with the Knoxville News Sentinel in an open records request for emails sent to or by county officials. Here is the full article, published by the Knoxville News Sentinel last week and reprinted here with permission: Judge: Knox County should turn over emails By Gerald Witt, Knoxville News Sentinel For the second time, a judge told Knox County legal staff Monday to turn over emails requested by the News Sentinel. Blount County Circuit Court Judge David Duggan said during a hearing that nine emails sent to or by county officials, including Mayor Tim Burchett, should be made public. In October, he directed the county to release the records, but Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong [...]

10 Dec, 2013

Should execution drugs be a state secret?
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Should execution drugs be a state secret?

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Should execution drugs be a state secret?

By Deborah Fisher|2014-05-02T06:48:22-05:00December 10, 2013|Categories: execution drugs, exemptions|Tags: Claudia Bonnyman, execution drugs, legislature, litigation|1 Comment

© Photographer1773 | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images By Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Does the public have a right to know about the drugs used to execute death row inmates? This question has been raised in recent months in court in at least three states, two of which recently enacted new laws or protocols to keep secret from citizens the source of execution drugs. In 2011, at least six states, including Tennessee, had their execution drugs seized or taken by the DEA after it became clear that the drugs had been imported illegally. States have sought to keep their new [...]