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MEMPHIS PUB. CO. v. HOLT

710 S.W.2d 513 (1986)

MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Commercial Appeal and Dan Henderson, Appellees, v. John D. HOLT, Director of the City of Memphis Police Department; Memphis Police Department; and the City of Memphis, Tennessee, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

May 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., City Atty., E. Brady Bartusch, Deputy City Atty., Memphis, for appellants.

Walter P. Armstrong, Jr., Jon P. McCalla, S. Russell Headrick, Armstrong, Allen, Braden, Goodman, McBride and Prewitt, Memphis, for appellees.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Andy D. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Virginia J. Barham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for amicus curiae.

Richard L. Hollow of McCampbell & Young, Knoxville, amicus curiae for Tennessee Press Ass'n.

William L. Parker, Jr., Metropolitan Atty., Nashville, amicus curiae for Tennessee Ass'n of Chiefs of Police.

Arzo Carson, Director, Nashville, amicus curiae for Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue of whether the closed investigative file of the Memphis Police Department is available for inspection by the media and the public under T.C.A. § 10-7-503 of the Public Records Act. Both lower courts held that it is, and we affirm.

The file sought to be examined is that of the "Shannon Street Incident" of January 11-12, 1983. Two police officers were called to the residence of Linberg Sanders...

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