In this matter, several individual plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief from Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-15-213, which provides for a “medical necessity exception” to Tennessee’s criminal abortion statute. Plaintiffs allege the statute violates the Tennessee Constitution’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses and is also unconstitutionally vague.
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In this matter, Plaintiff, a Kansas attorney, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 67-4-1701 to -1712, which imposes a $400 professional privilege tax on various professions, including the practice of law. Plaintiff alleges the tax violates Tenn. Const. art. II, section 28 by leyving the tax in an arbitrary and capricious manner, as well as the Dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
In this matter, the Tennessee Education Association and several individual plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief from Section 2 of 2023 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 437, which prevents local education associations from automatically deducting professional employees’ organization dues from the paychecks of employees of the local education association. Plaintiffs allege the Act violates Tenn. Const. art.
In this matter, several individual plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief from 2023 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 364. See Case No. 23-0670-I, Metro. Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson Cnty. v. Bill Lee, et al., and No. 23-0712-IV(I), Colby Slegde, et al. v. Bill Lee, et al.
In this consolidated matter, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and several individual plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief from 2023 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch.
In this consolidated matter, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County seeks injunctive and declaratory relief from 2023 Pub. Acts ch.
Plaintiff Brenda Smith, doing business as Sugar Creek Carriages, has challenged the Tennessee Department of Revenue’s application of the Amusement Tax, Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-212, to her business. She claims the Department has exceeded the scope of its authority assessing Sugar Creek Carriages under the statute. Mrs.
Plaintiffs Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram are a Jewish married couple who were denied, because of their differing faith, services by Holston United Methodist Home for Children, a child-placing agency that professes a Christian belief system. Holston receives state funding through the Department of Children’s Services. The Rutan-Rams state this alleged religious discrimination is expressly approved by Tenn. Code Ann.