No. 22-6585

Tennessee, ex rel. David Jonathan Tulis v. Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2023-01-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process executive-orders free-speech press-freedom religious-liberty standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-02-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can Tennessee courts lawfully deny relief to press member petitioner where the governor and a local official by executive orders and directives chill and impede petitioner's enjoyment of his constitutionally secured religion, speech and press rights without due process, having based their orders upon the undetermined, unproven claim of disease labeled Covid-19

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question presented Destroying the jurisprudence of equity is contrary to the decision of every court providing equity relief for deprivation of fundamental rights. The deprivation in this case also relies on a state appeals court’s misapplication of a properly stated rule of law for cases having adequate remedy at law for discretionary acts to the present matter without adequate remedy at law for nondiscretionary acts and not enjoying any relief, this challenge requiring review said by the state supreme court in its dismissal order to be not “frivolous.” The question or the court: : Can Tennessee courts lawfully deny relief to press member petitioner where the governor and a local official by executive orders and directives chill and impede petitioner’s enjoyment of his constitutionally secured religion, speech and press rights without due process, having based their orders upon the undetermined, unproven claim of disease labeled Covid-19. State ex rel. Tulis 2 of 38 ;

Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-02-01
Waiver of right of respondent Rebekah Barnes to respond filed.
2023-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee to respond filed.
2023-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee
Janet M. Kleinfeller — Respondent
David Jonathan Tulis
David Jonathan Tulis — Petitioner
Pagel Weikum, PLLP
Ryan R. CoxBaker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, LLC, Respondent
Rebekah Barnes
Sharon M MillingHamilton County Attorney's Office, Respondent