UNIV. LIFE CHURCH MONASTERY STOREHOUSE v. NABORS

No. 2:19-cv-00049.

508 F.Supp.3d 221 (2020)

UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH MONASTERY STOREHOUSE, a Washington non-profit corporation; Gale Plumm and Timeaka Farris, a married couple; Erin Patterson, an individual; and Gabriel Biser, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. Wayne NABORS, in his official capacity as County Clerk of Putnam County Tennessee; Lisa Duke Crowell, in her official capacity as County Clerk of Rutherford County, Tennessee; William K. Knowles, in his official capacity as County Clerk of Hamilton County, Tennessee; Elaine Anderson, in her official capacity as County Clerk of Williamson County, Tennessee; Herbert H. Slatery III, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee; Jennings H. Jones, in his official capacity as District Attorney General for Rutherford County; Neal Pinkston, in his official capacity as District Attorney General for Hamilton County; Bryant C. Dunaway, in in his official capacity as District Attorney General for Putnam County; Kim R. Helper, in her official capacity as District Attorney General for Rutherford County; Bill Lee, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, Defendants.

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

Filed December 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ambika K. Doran , Bruce E.H. Johnson , Robert E. Miller , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, Lucian T. Pera , Adams and Reese LLP, Memphis, TN, Rocklan W. King, III , Adams and Reese LLP, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey G. Jones , Wimberly, Lawson, Wright, Daves & Jones, PLLC, Cookeville, TN, Daniel W. Ames , Nicholas Clinton Christiansen , Hudson, Reed & Christiansen, PLLC, Murfreesboro, TN, Mary Neill Southerland , Rheubin Taylor , Sharon McMullan Milling , Hamilton County Attorney's Office, Chattanooga, TN, Lee A. Thoinpson , Lisa M. Carson , Buerger, Moseley & Carson, PLC, Franklin, TN, Jonathan David Shaub , Leslie Ann Bridges , Matthew Daniel Cloutier , Steven Ashley Hart , Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendants.

Lee A. Thompson , Lisa M. Carson , Buerger, Moseley & Carson, PLC, Franklin, TN, for Defendant Elaine Anderson.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This action for declaratory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, and the Tennessee Constitution arose after Tennessee's statute regarding who may solemnize marriages...

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