Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Bill Lee, et al. and Colby Sledge, et al. v. Bill Lee, et al.

Case Name
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Bill Lee, et al. and Colby Sledge, et al. v. Bill Lee, et al.
Case Number
23-0670-I & 23-0172-IV(I)
County
Judge Panel

Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal, Chief Judge (Middle Grand Division)

Judge Jeffrey W. Parham (Western Grand Division)

Judge Deborah C. Stevens (Eastern Grand Division)

Cases Description

 In this consolidated matter, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County seeks injunctive and declaratory relief from 2023 Pub. Acts ch. 364, which voids a metropolitan government ordinance, resolution or charter provision that requires a supermajority vote of the local legislative body in order to improve, renovate, or demolish and replace existing facilities owned by the metropolitan government when the facilities are used for substantially the same purpose before and after any improvement, renovation, or demolition and replacement.  Plaintiffs challenge the Act on the basis that it violates the Home Rule Amendment, contained in Article XI, Section 9 of the Tennessee Constitution, by affecting only Metro Nashville.

Address

Chancery Clerk and Master of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County