Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Burson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Chief Justice.
Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-7-111 prohibits the solicitation of votes and the display of campaign materials within a 100-foot radius of polling places on election day. Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-19-119 fixes criminal penalties for violations of Section 2-7-111. Plaintiff brought suit in Davidson County Chancery Court, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of these statutes and a declaratory judgment that the statutes are unconstitutional under both the United States and Tennessee Constitutions. The Chancellor held the statutes constitutional and dismissed Plaintiff’s…
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