Legal Opinion
Curve Elementary School Parent & Teacher's Organization v. Lauderdale County School Board
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 8, 1980PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHERNE, Judge.
The issue is whether the Curve Elementary School Parent and Teacher’s Organization (Association), an unincorporated association, has standing to sue solely in its own name seeking a declaratory judgment as to the alleged violation by the Lauderdale County School Board (Board) of the Public Meetings Act, T.C.A. § 8-4401 through 8-4421, and to enjoin the enforcement of the allegedly illegal and void decision of that Board to close the Curve Elementary School.
Prior to filing any responsive pleading, the Board filed a motion to strike, which the chancellor sustained and dismissed…
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