Stephen Michael WEST et al.
v.
Derrick D. SCHOFIELD et al.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, AT NASHVILLE.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 6, 2015 Session Heard at Knoxville.
Filed July 2, 2015.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General & Reporter; Andrée Blumstein , Solicitor General; Jennifer L. Smith , Deputy Attorney General; Linda D. Kirklen and Scott Sutherland , Assistant Attorneys General (at trial), for the appellants, Derrick Schofield, Wayne Carpenter, Tony Mays, Jason Woodall, Tony Parker, and John Doe Physicians, Pharmacists, Medical Examiners, Medical Personnel, and Executioners.
Stephen M. Kissinger and Susanne Bales , Assistant Federal Community Defenders, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Stephen Michael West, Nicholas Todd Sutton, and David Earl Miller.
Kelley J. Henry , Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Michael J. Passino , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, Donald R. Johnson, Donald Wayne Strouth, Charles Walton Wright, and Edmund George Zagorski.
Robert C. Goodrich, Jr. and J. Patrick Warfield , Nashville, Tennessee, for the amici curiae, Edward Michael Bearman, C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr., L. Webb Campbell, II, Donald Capparella, David M. Eldridge, Claiborne H. Ferguson, Jason Gichner, Robert C. Goodrich, Jr., Daniel A. Horwitz, William Howell, Stephen Ross Johnson, William Leader, Bradley A. MacLean, Cynthia W. MacLean, H. E. Miller, Jr., John G. Oliva, Edgar Rothschild, Gregory D. Smith, Christopher Slobogin, Matthew Sweeney, James G. Thomas, and J. Patrick Warfield.
OPINION
CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, JEFFREY S. BIVINS, and HOLLY KIRBY, JJ., joined.
We granted this extraordinary appeal to determine whether, in this declaratory judgment action, the death-sentenced inmates' claims...
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