TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 21, 2024

A federal judge has ruled that meetings of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure do not have to be open to the public and press, Bloomberg Law reports. The ruling came in a suit filed by Dan McCaleb, executive editor of the online news organization The Center Square, against the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson previously granted a temporary injunction requested by McCaleb that opened the meetings. The commission has streamed its meetings live on YouTube throughout this year. The judge now has found that the commission can close its meetings because it is a rulemaking body and not part of an adjudicative process. The Center Square said in a news report that the case was quickly appealed to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.