Hughley v. State

OPINION

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER and GARY R. WADE, JJ„ and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., Sp.J., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine the statute of limitations applicable to suits for declaratory judgments filed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-5-225, a provision of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, after an agency declines to issue a declaratory order. We hold that, where an agency is petitioned to issue a declaratory order pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-5-223 and the agency declines to convene a contested case hearing and issue…