Deborah Fisher

Nov 24, 2024 | crossville-chronicle.com | Deborah Fisher

The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a lower court judge refused to unseal court records in a test of the First Amendment right of access by the public to court proceedings and court documents. In State of Tennessee v. Randall Johnson and The Nashville Banner, the Nashville Banner intervened in a criminal case to argue for the unsealing of a motion by a defense attorney for disqualification of Judge Cheryl Blackburn and two supporting affidavits.

Sep 16, 2024 | therogersvillereview.com | Deborah Fisher

Late last year, the city of Memphis wrote a $7,419.68 check to reimburse the attorney fees of journalist Marc Perrusquia rather than risk losing a public records lawsuit. kAm%96 4:EJ 7@=565 367@C6 E96 42D6 8@E 367@C6 2 ;F586] (92E H2D E96 :DDF6nk^AmkAmu@C a½ J62CD[ E96 4:EJ 925 D6?E !6CCFDBF:2 >@?E9=J 6>2:=D[ E6==:?8 9:> E92E :E H2D DE:== H@C<:?8 @? 9:D AF3=:4 C64@C5D C6BF6DE 2?5 ECJ:?8 E@ 564:56 H96E96C E96J 4@F=5 H:E99@=5 A2CED @C 2== @7 E96 C64@C5D]k^AmkAm“xE H2D =:<6 C6A@CE:?8 @?

Sep 15, 2024 | timesfreepress.com | Deborah Fisher

Late last year, the city of Memphis wrote a $7,419.68 check to reimburse the attorney fees of journalist Marc Perrusquia rather than risk losing a public records lawsuit. The city folded before the case got before a judge. What was the issue? For 2½ years, the city had sent Perrusquia monthly emails, telling him that it was still working on his public records request and trying to decide whether they could withhold parts or all of the records.

Jun 16, 2024 | mainstreetmediatn.com | Cary Jane Malone |Deborah Fisher

It’s been a dizzying week in the public records case before Davidson County Chancellor I’Ashea Myles. For more than a year now, Myles has been considering whether the public records law requires the Nashville Police Department to release files from its investigation into the Covenant School shooting. Six people were killed in the shooting, including three children.

Jun 16, 2024 | mainstreetmediatn.com | Cary Jane Malone |Deborah Fisher

It’s been a dizzying week in the public records case before Davidson County Chancellor I’Ashea Myles. For more than a year now, Myles has been considering whether the public records law requires the Nashville Police Department to release files from its investigation into the Covenant School shooting. Six people were killed in the shooting, including three children.