Source: https://www.criminallegalnews.org/cln-litigation/TN/friedmann-v-corrections-corporation-of-america-tn-appeals-court-ruling-2009/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:23:14+00:00

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to it, and even if it does, many of the records Plaintiff seeks are otherwise protected from disclosure.
JOHN W. MCCLARTY , J., joined.
Associate Editor of Prison Legal News.
Records Act, that he had requested production of these documents, but CCA had refused his request.
of Tennessee. . . .
functional equivalent of a governmental agency.
[U]ntil the Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, [Tenn. Code Ann.
performance of any and all private prison contractors such as CCA.
funding. (original paragraph numbering omitted).
an order granting his request for access to records and an award of reasonable attorney fees.
prior to suit being filed.
the finding and any sanction(s) imposed for said contract violations.
records. (emphasis in the original).
etc. from January 1, 2002 through and including the date of this letter.
petition and made the same assertions that were set forth in its letter responding to the initial request.
CCA was formed approximately twenty-five years ago, in 1983.
power or approval rights over CCA’s budgets.
conditions of employment for its employees.
some of the requested information was protected by the attorney work product doctrine.
approximately 13.7%. . . .
the records of state governmental entities. See Memphis Publ’g Co.
v. Cherokee Children & Family Servs., 87 S.W.3d 67 (Tenn. 2002).
The Act provides in pertinent part that “[A]ll state . . . records . . .
[T]he functional equivalency approach . . .
factor is dispositive. Allen v. Day, 213 S.W.3d 244 (Tenn. Ct. App.
amended in 1998 to remove the term comfortable.
outweigh its private identity for purposes of the Public Records Act.
or obligations imposed upon the State by the Constitution.” Op.
be granted away.” Id. at 5-6. . . .
therefore, an attorney fee award was not proper.
An Amicus Curiae brief was filed by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (“TSSAA”).
S.W.3d 706, 710 (Tenn. 2001).
on behalf of a government often do so as independent contractors.
affirm the judgment of the Trial Court except as to its refusal to award Plaintiff attorney fees.
public for its performance of those functions.
Cherokee, 87 S.W.3d at 78-79.
or taking any disciplinary actions.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-110 (2006).
State and local governments. That percentage likely is quite high, and CCA never argues otherwise.
provide for its prisoners belongs to the State of Tennessee. See W.J. Michael Cody and Andy D.
Bennett4, The Privatization of Correctional Institutions: The Tennessee Experience, 40 Vand. L.
state . . . .”).
its intended scope. State v. Sherman, 266 S.W.3d 395, 401 (Tenn.
broader statutory intent, legislative history, or other sources.
Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals in September 2007.
legislation. Ki v. State, 78 S.W.3d 876, 879 (Tenn. 2002).
Carter, 279 S.W.3d at 564.
(Tenn. 1975)); McGee v. Best, 106 S.W.3d 48, 64 (Tenn. Ct. App.
so that no section will destroy another.” (citations omitted)).
492, 499 (6th Cir. 2000)).
is being housed in a department of correction facility.
Act and that Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-117 does nothing to change this result.
we are to avoid if possible.
records” in the hands of a private prison contractor. This is the General Assembly’s prerogative.
clearly set forth its intent in passing the applicable statute.
based on the contents of this Opinion. See Cherokee, 87 S.W.3d at 79.
execution may issue, if necessary.
To the extent that any of the records sought by Plaintiff are covered by Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-117, Tenn.
request to the Public Information Officer of the Department of Correction, as opposed to CCA.

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