MAYOR LEE HARRIS ET AL. v. GOVERNOR BILL LEE ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter, J. Matthew Rice, Solicitor General, Zachary R. Clark, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Harrison G. Kilgore, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Cody N. Brandon, Deputy Attorney General, Aaron L. Bernard, Assistant Solicitor General, and Thomas C. Archibald, Honors Fellow, for the appellants, Governor, State of Tennessee, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Military, and State Attorney General.

Attorneys 2: William J. Harbison, II, Robert D. Boon, and Micah N. Bradley, Nashville, Tennessee, William D. Bardwell, Yenisey Rodriguez, Joshua M. Salzman, Brian D. Netter, Benjamin R. Farley, and Efren C. Olivares, Washington, D.C., for the appellees, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Henri E. Brooks, G.A. Hardaway, Sr., Gabby Salinas, J.B. Smiley, Jr., Erika Sugarmon, and Jeffrey Paul Yarbro.

Judge(s): BENNETT

The plaintiffs sued various state officials to enjoin the deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops in support of the President’s Memphis Safe Task Force. The trial court granted a temporary injunction, and the state defendants filed a Tenn. R. App. P. 9 motion seeking permission to appeal, which the Court of Appeals granted. Finding that the plaintiffs lack standing, we reverse the issuance of the injunction.

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