LENSCRAFTERS, INC. v. SUNDQUIST

No. 3:98-0150, 3:00-0096.

184 F.Supp.2d 753 (2002)

LENSCRAFTERS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. Don SUNDQUIST, in his Official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants. U.S. Vision, Cole Vision Corporation, and National Association of Optometrists and Opticians, v. Don Sundquist, in his Official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

February 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Jean Moss, Stephen J. Zralek, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Nashville, TN, Stacey Leigh Jarrell, Julie A. Maloney, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, Michell Wyrick, Pamela J. Ledford, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, Barry Friedman, New York, NY, for U.S. Vision, Cole Vision Corp., National Ass'n of Optometrists and Opticians, plaintiffs in Case No. 3:00-0096.

Barbara Jean Moss, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Nashville, TN, Stacey Leigh Jarrell, Julie A. Maloney, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, Michell Wyrick, Pamela J. Ledford, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, Barry Friedman, New York, NY, for LensCrafters, Inc., plaintiffs in Case No. 3:98-0150.

Eugene N. Bulso, Jr., Jeffrey S. Bivins, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, TN, Perry Allan Craft, Jennifer L. Rawls, Nicholas G. Aemisegger, Jr., Office of Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, TN, for Don Sundquist, Kenneth W. Nix, Steve Malone, Dennis Matthews, Jerry Richt, Terry Hendrickson, defendants in Case No. 3:00-0096.

Eugene N. Bulso, Jr., Barbara Hawley Smith, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, TN, Perry Allan Craft, Jennifer L. Rawls, Office of Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, TN, Michell Hohnke Joss, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for Don Sundquist, defendant in Case No. 3:98-0150.

Michell Hohnke Joss, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for E. Gwin Anderson, Pattie Douglas, defendants in Case No. 3:98-0150.

Michell Hohnke Joss, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Eugene N. Bulso, Jr., Jeffrey S. Bivins, Barbara Hawley Smith, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, TN, for Tommy J. Ducklo, defendant in Case No. 3:98-0150.

Perry Allan Craft, Jennifer L. Rawls, Office of Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, TN, Michell Hohnke Joss, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for Steve Malone, Dennis Mathews, Kenneth W. Nix, defendants in Case No. 3:98-0150.


MEMORANDUM

TRAUGER, District Judge.

Pending before the court is the defendants' Motion to Dismiss all claims against defendant Governor Don Sundquist (LensCrafters Docket No. 98),1 to which the plaintiffs have responded (LensCrafters Docket No. 100), the defendants have replied (LensCrafters Docket No. 104), and the plaintiffs have filed a sur-reply (LensCrafters Docket No. 113)2. For the reasons...

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