Tennessee Supreme Court

Victims of SLAPP-Suits Cannot Recover Their Legal Fees If Plaintiffs Withdraw Their Claims Before Hearing, Holds Tennessee Supreme Court

By Daniel A. Horwitz: Strategic lawsuits against public participation—better known as “SLAPP-suits”—use the legal system to punish constitutionally protected speech.[1]  The Tennessee Supreme Court has explained that “[t]he primary aim of a SLAPP is not to prevail on the merits, but rather to chill

By |2024-10-10T10:29:26-05:00October 10th, 2024|Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment, Tennessee Public Participation Act, Tennessee Supreme Court|
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In Victory for Horwitz Law PLLC Client, Tennessee Supreme Court Rules that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Lacks Authority to Violate Court Orders

“The determination of whether an offense is eligible for expunction is an obligation entrusted to courts, not the TBI[,]” the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.  Accordingly, “the TBI lacked authority to refuse to comply” with a final and unappealed expungement order that no statute

By |2024-10-06T17:34:28-05:00May 30th, 2022|Appeals, Constitutional Law, Daniel Horwitz, Expungement, In the News, Tennessee Appellate Practice, Tennessee Supreme Court|
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