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MEMPHIS PUB. CO. v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

871 S.W.2d 681 (1994)

MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Commercial Appeal, and Michael Kerr, Petitioners-Appellants, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Tennessee and Shelby County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Memphis.

February 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Russell Headrick, Lucian T. Pera, Kathy Laughter Laizure, Armstrong, Allen, Prewitt, Gentry, Johnston & Holmes, Memphis, for petitioners-appellants.

Monice Moore Hagler, Brian L. Kuhn, Elbert Jefferson, Jr., Memphis, for defendants-appellees.

Joseph R. Mouer, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Gina J. Barham, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, amicus curiae.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The petitioners, Memphis Publishing Company (MPC) and Michael Kerr, appeal from the Court of Appeals' reversal of the Chancellor's judgment which granted them access to certain unfiled deposition transcripts in the possession of attorneys representing the City of Memphis and Shelby County. We granted MPC's Rule 11 application to consider two issues: 1) whether the deposition transcripts, which were taken by counsel for the...

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