Legal Opinion
West v. Media General Convergence, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 2001PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.
Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1 this Court accepted certification of the following question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee:
Do the courts of Tennessee recognize the tort of false light invasion of privacy, and if so, what are the parameters and elements of that tort?
We conclude that Tennessee recognizes the tort of false light invasion…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Howell v. New York Post Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1993
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