Legal Opinion
Adair v. Hunter
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided February 16, 2017No. Case No. 1:16-cv-3PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HARRY S. MATTICE, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendants’ Amended Motion for Partial Dismissal of Complaint (Doc. 40).1 For the reasons stated herein, Defendants’ Motion will be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
1. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs initiated this action on January 6, 2016 claiming that Defendants, in their individual capacities, violated their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Human Rights Act. (Doc. 1 at 6-9). Because they are numerous and interconnected, the Court will first identify the…
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