SMITH v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BD. OF SCHOOL COM'RS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jonathan Swann Taylor , Taylor & Knight, GP, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Eric J. Morrison , Stone & Hinds, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jonathan Swann Taylor , Taylor & Knight, GP, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Eric J. Morrison , M. Todd Ridley , George F. Legg , Stone & Hinds, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees. Jeremy D. Tedesco , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, Arizona, David A. Cortman , Rory T. Gray , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Jay Alan Sekulow , American Center For Law & Justice, Washington, D.C., Thomas H. Castelli , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae.

GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GILMAN, J., joined, and BATCHELDER, J., joined in part. BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 590-605), delivered a separate opinion concurring in parts I-III and in the result.