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City of Alcoa v. Blount County

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 2, 1983PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This action was instituted by the Cities of Alcoa and Maryville and their Regional Planning Commissions challenging the constitutionality of Chapter 181, Private Acts of Tennessee for 1980. The chancellor declared the Act unconstitutional on the ground that it violated Article 11, Section 8 of the Constitution of Tennessee,1 requiring *117the enactment of general laws and forbidding invidious or discriminatory class legislation. We affirm.

The private act in dispute authorized the Board of County Commissioners of Blount County to create a county planning commission and vested…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Brentwood Liquors Corp. of Williamson Cty. v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Board of Ed. of Memphis City Schools v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Davidson County v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Rector v. GriffithTennessee Supreme Court · 1978

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