Legal Opinion
Millinder v. Hudgins
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided October 21, 2019No. 1:18-cv-01042Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE EASTERN DIVISION DAVID L. MILLINDER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 1:18-cv-01042-STA-cgc ) JOSEPH HUDGINS, JR., and ) DECATUR COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT The informer’s privilege is a long-standing rule of law that allows the government “to withhold from disclosure the identity of persons who furnish information” concerning criminal activity to law enforcement. State v. Ostein,
293 S.W.3d 519, 527
(Tenn. 2009) (quoting Roviaro v. United States,
353 U.S. 53, 59
(1957…
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