Earle J. FISHER, et al.
v.
Tre HARGETT, et al.
Benjamin Lay, et al.
v.
Mark Goins, et al.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, AT NASHVILLE.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 30, 2020 Session.
FILED August 5, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée S. Blumstein , Solicitor General; Janet M. Kleinfelter , Deputy Attorney General; and Alexander S. Rieger , Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Mark Goins, Tre Hargett, William Lee, and Herbert H. Slatery III, each in his official capacity for the State of Tennessee.
Stephen J. Zralek , Nashville, Tennessee, and Debo P. Adegbile , New York, New York, for the amici curiae, David M. Aronoff, M.D., Nina Fefferman, Ph. D., James E.K. Hildreth, Sr., Ph. D., M.D., William Schaffner, M.D., Thomas Talbot, M.D., M. P.H, Edwin Trevathan, M.D., M.P.H., C. William Wester, M.D., M.P.H., Doctors and Professors Specializing in Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases.
Van D. Turner, Jr. and Bruce Turner , Memphis, Tennessee, for the amici curiae, The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators, The Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, and the Tennessee Alliance of Black Lawyers.
OPINION
Cornelia A. Clark, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Jeffrey S. Bivins, C.J., Holly Kirby, and Roger A. Page, JJ., joined. Sharon G. Lee, J., filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
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