TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 12, 2025

The Tennessee Supreme Court recently declined to hear the final appeal of an anti-transit referendum group, nine months after Nashville voters approved a sweeping transit proposal. The Committee to Stop an Unfair Tax and former council member Emily Evans pursued litigation after losing their bid to defeat the ballot initiative. While an appellate panel ruled in April that the transit tax could not be used to buy land for transit-adjacent housing and parks, it largely left the measure untouched, echoing an earlier opinion by the chancery court. The Nashville Banner highlights the court’s action in its daily newsletter.