Davidson

In this matter, the Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-210(d)(2), which permits the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue to refuse to issue license plates that may carry messages that are “offensive to good taste and decency.”  Plaintiff alleges that the statute violates her First Amendment rights and is also unconstitutionally vague.

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.

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.