Opinion

Griffin v. City of Knoxville

  • 821 S.W.2d 921
  • 19 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1730
  • 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 478
Court
Tennessee Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 2, 1991
Status
Published
On the bench
Anderson, Reid, Drowota, O'Brien, Daughtrey
Cited by
31 cases

characterizing the Public Records Act as ―an all[-]encompassing legislative attempt to cover all printed matter created or received by government in its official capacity‖ (quoting Bd. of Educ. v. Memphis Publ’g Co., 585 S.W.2d 629, 630 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979))

How later courts described this case

  • characterizing the Public Records Act as ―an all[-]encompassing legislative attempt to cover all printed matter created or received by government in its official capacity‖ (quoting Bd. of Educ. v. Memphis Publ’g Co., 585 S.W.2d 629, 630 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979))
  • characterizing the Public Records Act as “an all[-]encompassing legislative áttempt to cover all printed matter . created or received by government in its official capacity” (quoting Bd. of Educ. v. Memphis Publ’g Co., 585 S.W.2d 629, 630 (Tenn.Ct.App.1979))
  • describing the Act as an “all encompassing legislative attempt to cover all printed matter created or received by government in its official capacity” (quoting Bd. of Ed. of Memphis City Sch. v. Memphis Pub. Co., 585 S.W.2d 629, 630 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979))
  • using this definition of public records to determine whether a deceased's handwritten notes were public records available for inspection by the public under § 10-7-503 of the Public Records Act

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ORDER ON PETITION TO REHEAR

PER CURIAM.

A petition to rehear has been filed in this cause, which the Court has considered and concludes should be denied.

It is so ORDERED.

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