Lisa Howe v. Bill Haslam

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE May 21, 2014 Session LISA HOWE, ET AL. v. BILL HASLAM Direct Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 11-778-II Carol L. McCoy, Judge No. M2013-01790-COA-R3-CV - Filed November 4, 2014 Plaintiffs allege that a 2011 act of the General Assembly adding a definition of “sex” to the Tennessee Human Rights Act and creating the Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act, now codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-51-1801(1) & (2), violates the Equal Protection guarantees of the United States and Tennessee Constitutions. The trial court…