PARKS v. ALEXANDER


608 S.W.2d 881 (1980)

Norman PARKS and Harold Steele, Individually and on behalf of Nashville Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lamar ALEXANDER, Governor, State of Tennessee; William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General, State of Tennessee; and Gentry Crowell, Secretary of State, State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Certiorari Denied December 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Crawford, Joseph H. Johnston, Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Everett H. Falk, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 1, 1980.

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed their petition for declaratory judgment in the Chancery Court for Davidson County, Tennessee, and asked for a declaration that the amendment ratified by the voters in a statewide referendum on March 7, 1978, to Article XI, Section 12, of the Tennessee Constitution is null and void because the amendment violates Article XI, Section 3, of the Tennessee Constitution...

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