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Tennessee Act Exempts Only Pending Investigative Materials From Public Disclosure

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct, Shootings, Disclosure of Records. Location: Tennessee.

City of Memphis Police Department Director, John Holt, sought reversal of a Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmation of an order allowing closed investigative file access to the Memphis Publishing Company (media). The order was affirmed.

A shootout ensued in 1983 between Memphis police and occupants of Linberg Sanders residence, Initial ...

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