Davidson

Plaintiff filed suit against State Defendants over the General Assembly’s 2023 amendment to the Metropolitan Airport Authority Act to transfer appointment powers from the local government to state officials for qualifying metropolitan airport authorities from the local government of the county in which those authorities reside.  Plaintiff asserts the amendment violates the Home Rule Amendment and the Equal Protection Guarantee of the Tennessee Constitution.

Plaintiff filed suit against State Defendants, asserting the current Religious Tax Exemption Provision violates a number of federal Constitutional provisions, as well as the Tennessee Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

 Plaintiff has filed suit against State Defendants, challenging the life imprisonment statutes under several provisions of the Tennessee Constitution.

 Plaintiff filed suit against State Defendants, asserting the General Assembly’s 2023 amendment to the Sports Authority Act of 1993 violated the Home Rule Amendment and the Equal Protection Guarantee of the Tennessee Constitution by reducing Plaintiff’s appointment authority for members of the Board of Commissioners of Plaintiff’s local sports authority.

Plaintiff filed suit against the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, challenging the wine gallonage tax to out-of-state sales as unconstitutional under the Dormant Commerce Clause.

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, the Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from Tenn. Code Ann.