TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 22, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case later this year on Nashville’s rules for home businesses, Mainstreet Nashville reports. In 1998, the city imposed a ban on home businesses serving clients on site. A new ordinance in 2020 repealed the ban, but some residents say the stipulations are still unfair. Raynor and Lij Shaw sued the city in 2017 after they were told to shut down a home recording studio in 2015. The Institute of Justice, which is working with the Shaws, says the rules are enforced inconsistency. The chancery court had dismissed the case arguing that the 2020 ordinance made it moot.