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STATE EX REL. COLE v. FRANCISCO

643 S.W.2d 105 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, on the Relation of James P. COLE and Charles C. Thompson, II, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jerry T. FRANCISCO, M.D., Shelby County Medical Examiner and Hugh W. Stanton, District Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Pleasants, Charles C. Harrell, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellants; Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, of counsel.

Carroll C. Johnson, Asst. Shelby County Atty., Memphis, Frank J. Scanlon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellees; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a mandamus action brought by relators, who are professional journalists employed by the ABC television news magazine "20/20," against Dr. Jerry T. Francisco, the Shelby County Medical Examiner, praying that he be required to make available to them "the complete pharmacological, toxicological and autopsy reports utilized by him in preparing his Report of Official Medical Examination...

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