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MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

513 S.W.2d 511 (1974)

The MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton P. Rice, Atty. Gen., W. Henry Haile, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Armistead F. Clay, Memphis, for appellants.

Richard L. Hollow, Knoxville, amicus curiae.

Frierson M. Graves, Jr., E. Brady Bartusch, Myron A. Halle, Jr., Memphis, William F. Howard, Charles E. Griffith, III, Nashville, Tenn., Melvin Fleischer, C. Cleveland Drennon, Jr., Memphis, for appellees.

OPINION

CHATTIN, Justice.

For convenience the parties will be referred to as they were in the court below: that is, the appellants as the defendants; and the appellees as the complainants.

Following the trend established by other states, the legislature enacted Chapter 442, Public Acts of 1974. The stated purpose of the Act is:

"The General Assembly hereby declares it to be the policy of this...

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