Election Law

Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, Registry of Election Finance Held In Contempt, Ordered to Return $64,000.00 It Collected in Willful Violation of Permanent Injunction

The Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, Registry of Election Finance “is in contempt of court,” a senior Chancery Court judge has found.  The finding arose from the Registry’s willful collection of $64,000.00 in PAC fees in violation of a permanent injunction prohibiting

Horwitz Law, PLLC Clients the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Save Nashville Now Prevail in Court of Appeals Litigation Over Invalid Referendum

Bringing a multi-year saga to its likely conclusion, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has unanimously held that a referendum petition filed by an amorphous entity calling itself "4 Good Government" was fatally defective because it illicitly prescribed multiple election dates, rather than complying with

By |2024-10-06T17:35:20-05:00March 30th, 2022|Appeals, Election Law, In the News|

Horwitz Law, PLLC Clients the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws Prevail in Davidson County Election Litigation

In a thorough, 42-page opinion, Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins has ruled that the Davidson County Election Commission acted unlawfully when it set an election on a legally defective referendum opinion.  "4GG's Petition . . . did not prescribe a date as required by Section 19.01;

By |2022-06-25T19:40:12-05:00June 22nd, 2021|Daniel Horwitz, Election Law|

Horwitz Law, PLLC Files Amici Curiae Brief in Metropolitan Government v. Davidson County Election Commission on Behalf of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws

On June 4, 2021, Horwitz Law, PLLC filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of clients the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws in Metropolitan Government, et al. v. Davidson County Election Commission, et al., Davidson County Chancery Court

By |2021-06-09T11:13:04-05:00June 7th, 2021|Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, In the News|

Horwitz Wins Lawsuit Striking Down Politician-Favoring Criminal Defamation Law, Secures $69,882.37 Fee Award

In a resounding win for free speech, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle has issued an order striking down Tennessee's criminal defamation law prohibiting false "campaign literature in opposition to any candidate in any election."  Finding that the law represented an unlawful content-based, viewpoint-based,

Horwitz Wins Election Law and First Amendment Appeal Striking Down Discriminatory Campaign Finance Statutes, Secures $50,218.49 Fee Award

In a unanimous panel opinion, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling by Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle that two of Tennessee's campaign finance statutes unlawfully discriminate against non-partisan speakers and violate the First Amendment.  As a result, the

Horwitz Secures Appellate Victory Upholding Validity of Election that Established Nashville’s Police Oversight Board

Nashville's first-ever Community Oversight Board—a committee that will review and investigate complaints of police misconduct that voters approved by an overwhelming margin in a November 2018 referendum—will stand, according to a unanimous opinion from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The Fraternal Order of Police

By |2021-02-17T16:07:10-06:00January 11th, 2019|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, Litigation|

Horwitz Wins Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s “Blackout Ban” for Non-Partisan PACs

In a landmark victory against a decades-old Tennessee election statute, Horwitz client Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws—a non-partisan PAC that aims to "protect all Tennesseans’ rights to participate in the political process without unreasonable interference from the state government"—has secured an injunction prohibiting the

By |2021-02-17T16:07:13-06:00October 4th, 2018|Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, First Amendment, In the News|
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