Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Internal Medicine Education Foundation, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 2011No. E2008-01473-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
Plaintiff requested records from a nonprofit foundation pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act. The nonprofit foundation refused the request, stating that the foundation was not a government agency and that the records were not public. Plaintiff filed a Petition for Access to Public Records in chancery court, which held that the records were available because the nonprofit foundation was the functional equivalent of a government agency. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We hold that…
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