Helms v. Tennessee Department of Safety

987 S.W.2d 545 (1999)

Thurston Andrew HELMS, Plaintiff/Appellant,

v.

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 25, 1999.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1999.

E.E. Edwards, III, James A. Simmons, Edwards & Simmons, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Albert L. Partee, III, Senior Counsel, Paula D. Godsey, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.

OPINION

BARKER, Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine if Article I, section 6 of the Tennessee Constitution…