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ARNOLD v. TENNESSEE BD. OF PAROLES

956 S.W.2d 478 (1997)

Jimmy ARNOLD, Petitioner, v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES, et al. Respondents. Anthony EVANS, Petitioner, v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Arnold, Pro se.

Anthony Evans, Pro se.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Merrilyn Feirman, Assistant Attorney General, Patricia C. Kussman, Asst. Attorney General, Nashville, for Respondents.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

Jimmy Arnold and Anthony Evans, both serving sentences in the Department of Correction, filed individual petitions for the common law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County. Each petitioner contended that in reviewing his file for parole the Board of Paroles (Board) failed to hold an open meeting as required by the Open Meetings Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-101 et seq. (1993)

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