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SYKES v. CHATTANOOGA HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. E2008-00525-SC-R11-CV.

343 S.W.3d 18 (2011)

Timmy SYKES et al. v. CHATTANOOGA HOUSING AUTHORITY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 24, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Anderson , Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellants, Timmy Sykes and Curtis Greene.

Larry L. Cash , Stacie L. Caraway , and Robert F. Parsley , Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellees, Chattanooga Housing Authority and Jeff Hazelwood.

Wade B. Cowan , Douglas B. Janney III , Nashville, Tennessee, William B. Ryan , Memphis, Tennessee, Justin Gilbert , Jackson, Tennessee, and Jennifer B. Morton , Knoxville, Tennessee, for amicus curiae Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association.

OPINION

SHARON G. LEE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined.

The plaintiffs, former employees of the Chattanooga Housing Authority ("CHA"), brought retaliatory discharge actions against the CHA and the Chief of the CHA Public Safety Department, pursuant to the Tennessee Public Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-1-304 (2008 & Supp.2010), and the Tennessee...

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