State ex rel. Cole v. Francisco, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1982

Court: Tennessee Supreme Court Date: 1982-12-13 Opinion type: lead Author: Brock Judges: Brock, Cooper, Drowota, Harbison, Tatum Precedential status: Published

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a mandamus action brought by relators, who are professional journalists employed by the ABC television news magazine “20/20,” against Dr. Jerry T. Francisco, the Shelby County Medical Examiner, *106praying that he be required to make available to them “the complete pharmacological, toxicological and autopsy reports utilized by him