Freedom of information legislation (Tennessee)

The Tennessee Open Records Act is a law that states that any citizen of Tennessee may request public records there. Public documents shall "be open for personal inspection by any citizen of Tennessee." However, recent federal court rulings have overturned similar state specific statutes and open up records in these states to all U.S. citizens.^[1]

In a US Supreme Court ruling McBurney v. Young (2013), concerning Virginia specifically but also relevant to Tennessee, upheld that states can restrict open records to their citizens. However open records counsel Ann V. Butterworth also stated that the law "does not forbid providing access to others".^[2]

References[]

^ "Tennessee". Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Open Government Guide.
^ "Tennessee is in the minority with a residency requirement for its open-records law. Should that change?". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

"Tennessee", State Copyright Resource Center, Harvard University, Laws and legal sources that affect the copyright status of government documents

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[1] "Tennessee". Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Open Government Guide.

[2] "Tennessee is in the minority with a residency requirement for its open-records law. Should that change?". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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