Plain English Breakdown
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Expanding State's Right to Appeal Court Decisions
This bill changes Tennessee laws to allow the state and its officials to appeal more types of court orders that affect them.
What This Bill Does
- Allows the state to appeal an order from a circuit or chancery court if it grants, continues, or modifies an injunction against the state or any state official.
- Permits the state to appeal when a court denies a motion to dissolve or modify an injunction against the state or its officials.
- Enables the state to appeal if a court denies sovereign immunity for the state or its officials.
- Gives the state the right to appeal if a court denies qualified immunity for any state official.
- Allows the state to appeal when a court denies a motion to dismiss an action involving the constitutionality of state laws, executive orders, administrative rules, or other governmental actions.
Who It Names or Affects
- The state and its officials can now appeal more types of interlocutory orders from circuit or chancery courts.
- Courts will have to consider these new grounds for appeals when making decisions involving the state or its officials.
Terms To Know
- Interlocutory order
- A court decision that is made before a case is fully decided and can be appealed under certain conditions.
- Injunction
- An order from a court telling someone to stop doing something or to do something specific.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify what happens if part of the law is found invalid.
- It's unclear how this change will affect existing cases and future legal proceedings involving the state.