Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Reynolds

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Appellant, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that T.C.A. §§ 2-1315, 2-1324 and 2-1325 are unconstitutional and in violation of Article 2, Section 29, and Article 11, Section 9, of the Tennessee Constitution. The learned chancellor, sitting by designation, dismissed the complaint, finding the aforementioned statutes constitutional. Appeal was brought direct to this Court pursuant to T.C.A. § 16-408, there being no factual dispute below.

The complaint alleges that a political party has notified the…