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RENTERIA-VILLEGAS v. METROPOLITAN GOV'T

No. M2011-02423-SC-R23-CQ.

382 S.W.3d 318 (2012)

Daniel RENTERIA-VILLEGAS et al. v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

October 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott Ozment and Andrew Free , Nashville, Tennessee; Trina Realmuto , Boston, Massachusetts; William L. Harbison and Phillip F. Cramer , Nashville, Tennessee; Thomas Fritzsche and Daniel Werner , Atlanta, Georgia, for the plaintiffs, Daniel Renteria-Villegas, David Ernesto Gutierrez-Turcios, and Rosa Landaverde.

Saul Solomon , Director of Law; Keli J. Oliver and Derrick C. Smith , Assistant Metropolitan Attorneys, Nashville, Tennessee, for the defendant, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Jerry Martin , United States Attorney; Matthew M. Curley , Assistant United States Attorney; Tony West , Assistant Attorney General; David J. Kline , Director; Jeffrey Robins , Assistant Director; Craig A. Defoe , Trial Attorney, for the defendant, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Scott P. Tift , Nashville, Tennessee, for the amici curiae, George E. Barrett, C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr., and Hon. Marietta M. Shipley.

Tricia Herzfeld , Nashville, Tennessee, for the amici curiae, The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, ASISTA Immigration Assistance, The National Center for Victims of Crime, and The National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School.

OPINION

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

We accepted a question of law certified by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee to determine whether the October 2009 Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the...

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