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Horwitz Law, PLLC Client Kenneth Mynatt Wins Federal Tort Claims Act Appeal, Unanimous Reversal of District Court Order Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

In a unanimous panel opinion issued on August 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ordered that Horwitz Law, PLLC appellate client Kenneth Mynatt's malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy claims against the United States—maintained under the Federal Tort Claims

By |2024-10-06T17:34:07-05:00August 21st, 2022|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, In the News, Litigation|

Tennessee Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Order Invalidating School Board Censorship Clause in Ex-Director Shawn Joseph’s Severance Agreement

In a pair of separate opinions issued today, the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle in favor of Plaintiffs Amy Frogge, Fran Bush, and Jill Speering, all represented by Horwitz Law, PLLC.  The ruling arose out of a lawsuit

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

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|

Happy New Year to the Tennessee Public Participation Act!

By Daniel A. Horwitz (Republished from the Tennessee Free Speech Blog): In 2019, Tennessee’s free speech law underwent a sea change.  The Tennessee Public Participation Act—Tennessee’s first-ever meaningful anti-SLAPP law—took effect, ushering in a host of critical protections for people sued for defamation (libel

Following Unanimous Ruling by the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Horwitz Law, PLLC Client Kenneth Mynatt Wins Malicious Prosecution Appeal

In an opinion issued September 28, 2021, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ordered that Horwitz Law, PLLC appellate client Kenneth Mynatt's malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy claims be reinstated.  The Court's unanimous ruling, authored by Judge Thomas R. Frierson, explains that the retirement

By |2022-08-21T20:09:45-05:00October 2nd, 2021|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Litigation|

Davidson County Chancery Court Orders Tennessee’s Board of Parole to Stop Violating the Reentry Success Act of 2021

Earlier this year, Tennessee enacted the Reentry Success Act of 2021 into law.  The Reentry Success Act overhauls Tennessee’s parole laws, and it was designed to reform several components of the parole hearing process, parole determinations, and parole eligibility. As soon as the Reentry

By |2021-09-24T22:42:32-05:00September 24th, 2021|Criminal Law, Daniel Horwitz|

Horwitz Law, PLLC Files Suit to Vindicate Nashville Woman’s First Amendment Right to Display Vanity Plate

When Nashville woman Leah Gilliam purchased a vanity plate to celebrate her interests in astronomy and gaming, it did not occur to her that her constitutionally protected speech could land her in jail.  Due to the Tennessee Department of Revenue's determination—more than a decade

By |2023-10-31T22:53:27-05:00June 29th, 2021|Constitutional Law, Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment|

Horwitz Law Wins Appeal of First-Ever Anti-SLAPP Judgment Under the Tennessee Public Participation Act

In a precedent-setting, unanimous ruling, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has affirmed the first trial court judgment ever issued under the Tennessee Public Participation Act, Tennessee's recently enacted anti-SLAPP statute.  The ruling establishes several critical precedents for free speech law in Tennessee, and it

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