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Tennessee Woman Award $71,343 in Attorney Fees in Public Records Suit

Loaded on Aug. 24, 2016

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Records. Location: Tennessee.

A Tennessee Appeals Court awarded $71,343 in attorney fees to a woman who brought suit to obtain public records.

Rebecca Little sought records about sewer and other improvements the city of Chattanooga annexed in 1972. The Hamilton County court found the city did not act in bad faith in its ...

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