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KNOX COUNTY v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE

786 S.W.2d 936 (1990)

KNOX COUNTY, Tennessee, Earl Hoffmeister, Superintendent of Public Instruction; and the Knox County Board of Education, Plaintiffs/Appellants and Cross/Appellees, v. The CITY OF KNOXVILLE, James Lawell; and John McCook, Defendant/Appellees, and Cross/Appellants. Dorothy ALDMON, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants, and Cross-Appellees, v. Charles E. SMITH, Commissioner of Education, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale C. Workman, Knoxville, for Knox Co., et al.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Christine Modisher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for intervenors Charles E. Smith.

John T. Batson, Jr., Knoxville, for City of Knoxville.

Charles Hampton White, Nashville, for defendants & intervenors.

J. Anthony Farmer, Knoxville, for Dorothy Aldmon.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This litigation resulted when the City of Knoxville, acting through appropriate ordinances, held a referendum election by its registered voters to repeal provisions of the city charter permitting operation of a municipal school district. The referendum was approved, leaving the Knox County Board of Education with the responsibility of providing education to all students within the county...

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