Legal Opinion
Williams v. City of Burns
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 2015PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly Kirby, J.
in which Sharon G. Lee, C.J., and Cornelia A. Clark, Gary R. Wade, and Jeffrey S. Bivins, JJ., joined.
We granted permission to appeal in this case to address whether the evidence established that the plaintiff police officer was discharged solely in retaliation for conduct protected under the Tennessee Public Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated section 501-304, sometimes called the Whistleblower Act. The chief of police for the defendant municipality had the plaintiff police officer “fix” a traffic ticket for a relative. After the plaintiff officer complained to the mayor that the…
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