Legal Opinion
Tigrett v. Cooper
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided March 2, 2012No. 10-2724-STA-tmpPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
S. THOMAS ANDERSON, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (D.E. # 56), filed on June 24, 2011. Plaintiffs filed a Response on August 8, 2011 (D.E. # 63), and Defendants filed a Reply on August 24, 2011 (D.E. # 64). For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.
BACKGROUND
This action challenges the validity of Tennessee constitution art. XI, § 9 and Tenn.Code Ann. § 7-2-106, which govern procedures for the consolidation of city and county governments into one…
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