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FRIEDMANN v. CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMERICA

No. M2008-01998-COA-R3-CV.

310 S.W.3d 366 (2009)

Alex FRIEDMANN v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

September 16, 2009.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Welborn, III, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Corrections Corporation of America.

Andrew C. Clarke, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Alex Friedmann, individually and as Associate Editor of Prison Legal News.

Richard L. Colbert, Franklin, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

Tricia Herzfeld, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, The American Society of Newspaper Editors, and The Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.

OPINION

D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., and JOHN W. McCLARTY, J., joined.

This Public Records Act case was filed by Alex Friedmann ("Plaintiff") against Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA"). Plaintiff seeks various records from CCA. Plaintiff claims that by operating prisons for the State of Tennessee and several local governmental entities in Tennessee, CCA is the functional equivalent...

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