# The Tennessean v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

> Tennessee Supreme Court · March 17, 2016 · 485 S.W.3d 857

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9822205

## Case

- **Full name:** The TENNESSEAN Et Al. v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE and Davidson County Et Al.
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 17, 2016
- **Citations:** 485 S.W.3d 857; 44 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1622; 2016 Tenn. LEXIS 180; 2016 WL 1084422
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Wade
- **Judges:** Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee
- **Cited by:** 65 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9822205

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that “over the years, the General Assembly has added over forty categories of records specifically excepted from the Act[,]” and that “[t]he once all-encompassing Public Records Act is now more narrow” (footnote omitted)
- recognizing Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7- 503(a)(2)(A) as “a general exception to the Public Records Act, based on state law”
- noting that the trial court had allowed the intervention of a crime victim

## Opinion text

GARY R. WADE, J.,
filed a dissenting opinión.'

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