# Griffin v. City of Knoxville

> Tennessee Supreme Court · December 2, 1991 · 821 S.W.2d 921

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9775042

## Case

- **Full name:** Chuck GRIFFIN and Knoxville Journal Corp., Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE, Defendant/Appellee, Carole S. Miller, Intervening Complainant/Appellee; Donald K. BAGWELL, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE, Defendant, Carole S. Miller, Intervening Complainant
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 2, 1991
- **Citations:** 821 S.W.2d 921; 19 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1730; 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 478
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Anderson, Reid, Drowota, O'Brien, Daughtrey
- **Cited by:** 31 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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))

## Opinion text

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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