Legal Opinion
Jack E. Miller v. Boyd Wyatt
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 26, 2014No. E2013-00491-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., P.J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which JOHN W. MCCLARTY and THOMAS R. FRIERSON, II, JJ., joined.
Jack E. Miller, a former City Manager of Crossville, filed this defamation action against Councilman Boyd Wyatt, based on Wyatt’s statement during a City Council meeting that Miller had been “discharged from City Manager up here because of misappropriating funds and not following procedures.” Wyatt moved for summary judgment, arguing, among other things, that he was protected by legislative privilege under the common law and Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-201(b)(2)…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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