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COLE v. CAMPBELL

968 S.W.2d 274 (1998)

Robin M. COLE, Appellant, v. Donal CAMPBELL, Commissioner, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred H. Knight, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Patricia C. Kussmann, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether a convicted felon has standing to seek public records in the possession of the Department of Correction pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act.

The Chancery Court ruled that the prison inmate who sought documents related to a prison riot in which he was involved lacked standing under the Public Records Act because he was a felon and dismissed the petition. A majority...

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