THE TENNESSEAN v. METRO. GOV. OF NASHVILLE

No. M2014-00524-SC-R11-CV.

485 S.W.3d 857 (2016)

THE TENNESSEAN et al. v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE and Davidson County et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Filed March 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robb S. Harvey and Lauran M. Sturm , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, The Tennessean, Associated Press, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, Inc., The Commercial Appeal, WBIR-TV Channel Ten, WSMV-TV Channel Four, WTVF-TV, News Channel 5 Network, LLC, and WZTV Fox 17.

Saul Solomon , James L. Charles , Lora Barkenbus Fox , R. Alex Dickerson , Jennifer Cavanaugh , and Jennifer Bonilla Moreno , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Edward M. Yarbrough and J. Alex Little , Nashville, Tennessee, for the intervenor/appellee, Jane Doe.

Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée S. Blumstein , Solicitor General; and Janet M. Kleinfelter , Deputy Attorney General, for the intervenors/appellees, District Attorney General Glenn R. Funk and the State of Tennessee.

Richard L. Hollow , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Press Association.

Douglas R. Pierce , Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amici Curiae, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, and The University of Virginia School of Law First Amendment Clinic.

Devin P. Lyon , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Amici Curiae, Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association and International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Edmund S. Sauer , Kristi W. Arth , Connor M. Blair , and Jessica Jernigan-Johnson , Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amici Curiae, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, The National Crime Victim Law Institute, and the Sexual Assault Center.

Daniel A. Horwitz , Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Advocates.


OPINION

The issue in this case is whether a coalition of media groups and a citizens organization, relying...

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