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31 10, 2011

Occupy Nashville, et al v. Haslam, et al

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 October 31st, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , , |

(Case No. 3:11-cv-01037, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Trauger) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: Tricia Herzfeld of Ozment Law; David Briley of Bone McAllester Norton; Patrick G. Frogge, of Bell [...]

19 10, 2011

Angel Enrique Nunez Escobar, et al. v. Lee Gaines, et al.

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 October 19th, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , , |

(No. 3-11-0994, Judge Campbell, US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division) ACLU Attorneys: Thomas H. Castelli, ACLU-TN; Andre Segura, Lee Gelernt and Cecila D. Wang, ACLU Foundation [...]

29 06, 2011

The Contributor, et. al., v. City of Brentwood

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 June 29th, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

(Case No. 3:11-cv-00624, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Campbell) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Irwin Venick, of Dobbins, Venick, Kuhn & Byassee Plaintiffs: The Contributor, Calvin Hart, Andrew Harrington Defendants: [...]

15 06, 2011

Williams v. City of Sevierville

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 June 15th, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , |

(Case No. 3:11-cv-00270, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Knoxville, Judge Varlan) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Timothy A. Housholder, of Gilreath & Associates, Plaintiffs: Rose Williams Defendants: City of Sevierville In the [...]

14 06, 2011

Labor Blogger and Activist Threatened, Free Speech Rights Violated

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 June 14th, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , |

ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Bruce Kramer The author of the blog Tennessee Labor Coverage had been covering attempts to dissolve the collective bargaining rights of Memphis sanitation workers and to privatize [...]

2 05, 2011

ACLU-TN v. Sumner County Board of Education

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 May 2nd, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

(Case No. 3:11-cv-00408, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Sharpe) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: George Barrett and Scott P. Tift of Barrett Johnston. Plaintiffs: ACLU-TN, Jane Doe as the Natural [...]

1 03, 2011

Absence of Religious Expression Policies in Davidson County Sheriff’s Office

2017-03-28T06:53:49-05:00 March 1st, 2011|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In March 2011, ACLU-TN was contacted by a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab, a religious headscarf, for a booking photo at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office [...]

8 10, 2010

Wohlfeil v. City of East Ridge

2017-03-28T06:53:50-05:00 October 8th, 2010|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , |

(Case no. 1:10-cv-275, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Chattanooga, Judge Collier) Donna Roberts of Stites & Harbison, PLLC (Direct Representation) Plaintiffs: Candice Wohlfeil Defendants: City of East Ridge Candice Wohlfeil, spiritual [...]

20 09, 2010

City of Lakewood, et al. v. Davidson County Election Commission, et al.

2017-03-28T06:53:50-05:00 September 20th, 2010|Categories: Docket|Tags: , |

ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Paul Ambrosius of Trauger & Tuke. Plaintiffs: City of Lakewood, et al. Defendants: Davidson County Election Commission, et al. In August 2010, voters in Lakewood chose to [...]

24 08, 2010

Richard Jones v. City of Memphis, et al.

2016-07-11T14:25:59-05:00 August 24th, 2010|Categories: Docket|Tags: , , , , |

(Case No 3:10-0793, U.S. District Court, Western District, Memphis, Judge Anderson) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Edmund J. Schmidt III, Law Offices of Eddie Schmidt Plaintiffs: Richard Jones Defendants: Phil Bredesen, Governor [...]