TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Oct 20, 2022

Sandra GarrettA federal appeals court panel in Cincinnati on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case to determine whether an official at Tennessee’s Board of Professional Responsibility should be able to avoid a lawsuit by a lawyer who says his termination for tweeting about Muslims violated his First Amendment rights. Bloomberg Law reports that the appeal challenges a federal district judge’s decision that granted quasi-judicial immunity to the BPR’s Sandra Garrett, who had fired attorney Jerry Morgan following complaints about his anti-Muslim posts.