Legal Opinion
Mayhew v. Wilder
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 11, 2001PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which CAIN, JJ., joined.
A citizen of the state, later joined by three Nashville newspapers, filed this action alleging that Tennessee’s fiscal year 2000-2001 budget and revenue bills are void because they resulted from secret meetings in both houses of the General Assembly. The Tennessee Press Association, the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors and thirteen newspapers were allowed to intervene to challenge the General Assembly’s right to meet in…
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