Rector v. Griffith

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This action was instituted by the incumbent Commissioners of Citizens Gas Utility District of Scott and Morgan Counties, challenging the constitutionality of Chapter 237 of the Public Acts of 1977. The Chancellor upheld the statute, and we affirm his decision.

The only constitutional infirmity asserted on appeal is an alleged violation of Article XI, § 8 of the Tennessee Constitution, requiring the enactment of general laws and forbidding invidious or discriminatory class legislation.

The 1977 statute which is challenged altered the number and the method of selection of…