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ABDUR'RAHMAN v. BREDESEN

181 S.W.3d 292 (2005)

Abu-Ali ABDUR'RAHMAN v. Phil BREDESEN, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

October 17, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley A. MacLean and Cynthia W. MacLean, Nashville, Tennessee, and William P. Redick, Jr., Whites Creek, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Joseph F. Whalen, Associate Solicitor General; and Stephanie R. Reevers, Associate Deputy Attorney General, for the Appellees, Phil Bredesen, Quenton White, Ricky Bell, Virginia Lewis, and Tennessee Department of Correction.

Stephen J. Zraleck and Melody Fowler-Green, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Sidelines Newspaper.

Peter D. Heil, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Medical Professionals.

OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

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