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Shelby Cnty. Bd. of Educ., et al. v. Lee, et al.

School districts, local governments, and parents of students from Shelby and Davidson Counties have filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against the Governor, leadership of the General Assembly, and the Chairman, Vice-Chair, and members of the state Board of Education—alleging the State of Tennessee’s current education funding system violates the Tennessee Constitution and other state laws.  Specifically, the plaintiffs assert violations of the Education Clause, the guarantee of Equal Protection, the prohibition on imposing increased expenditures on local polities without the State sharing in

Woods v. Rausch, et al.

Plaintiff Terrance D. Woods seeks removal from the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry, arguing that the TBI denied his request for removal because of an unconstitutional application of the state’s sex offender registry laws.  Mr. Woods argues that the statutory provision relied upon in the denial, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-39-207, was enacted after his conviction, rendering the statute unconstitutional in violation of the federal Ex Post Facto clause.

Little v. Lee, et al.

Petitioner Darren Marion Little seeks review of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s denial of his request for removal from the state Sex Offender Registry.  Mr. Little asserts that the TBI’s decision involved a retroactive application of amendments to the sex offender registry made after his conviction in violation of the federal Ex Post Facto clause.

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

Plaintiffs, three Tennessee voters, have challenged the state House and Senate redistricting maps enacted by the General Assembly.  Plaintiffs argue that the House redistricting map violates Article II, Section 5 of the Tennessee Constitution as interpreted by the Tennessee Supreme Court in State ex rel. Lockert v. Crowell, 631 S.W.2d, 702 (Tenn.

McEwen, et al. v. Lee, et al.

Plaintiffs, parents of students enrolled in Metro Nashville Public Schools and Shelby County Schools, filed suit against Governor Bill Lee, the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, the Tennessee Department of Education, and members of the Tennessee State Board of Education, challenging the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program, Tenn. Code Ann.

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