WILLIAMS v. REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 08-5545.

582 F.3d 617 (2009)

Judy WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC., City Of Knoxville, Tennessee, Bill Haslam as Mayor of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville City Council, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., d/b/a www.Photonotice.Com, Michael L. Sullivan, Gordon Catlett, Joseph Bernard, and Unknown Persons, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Gulley Oldham, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Michael S. Kelley, Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, Ronald Eugene mills, City Of knoxville Law Department, Knoxville, Tennessee, Charles W. Swanson, Sheppeard, Swanson & Mynatt, PLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Gulley Oldham, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, David B. Hamilton, Norwood Law Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Michael S. Kelley, Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, Ronald E. Mills, City of Knoxville Law Department, Knoxville, Tennessee, Charles W. Swanson, Sheppeard, Swanson & Mynatt, PLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

MARTIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SUTTON, J., joined. RYAN, J. (pp. 621-22), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

In 2005, the City of Knoxville entered into a contract with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. for cameras to take photographs of cars that run red lights. An ordinance provides that the owner be sent notice of the violation and assessed a $50 "civil penalty." Redflex handles the legwork for issuing tickets. It installs and manages the cameras and its employees review photos to determine if someone ran a red light...

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