TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Aug 1, 2023

A three-judge panel yesterday denied Metro Nashville’s emergency request to renounce new state-appointed members to Nashville International Airport's governing board, reports the Tennessean. The judges said Metro waited too long to file its grievance and had unfairly accused airport leaders of wrongly complying with the new law signed by Gov. Bill Lee on May 19. Mayor John Cooper has not made the two appointees allotted to his administration. The Nashville airport board appointed by Cooper voted in July to seek outside counsel in its lawsuit against the state over who controls the Nashville International Airport and the smaller John Tune Airport. The suit is scheduled for hearing on Oct. 6.