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ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL. v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, ET AL.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Mar 30, 2022

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Clarence A. Wilbon and J. Bennett Fox, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.; Guesthouse at Graceland, LLC; and EPPF, LLC.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan P. Lakey and John J. Cook, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, City of Memphis.

Attorneys 3: Bruce D. Brooke, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Shelby County, Tennessee.

Attorneys 4: David Wade, Clayton C. Purdom, and Rebecca K. Hinds, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Memphis Basketball, LLC.

Judge(s): MCGEE

Plaintiffs filed this declaratory judgment action seeking a binding judicial interpretation of a contract executed by the three defendants. Plaintiffs were not parties to the contract, nor did their complaint allege that they were third-party beneficiaries of it. The three defendants filed motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim based on lack of standing, which the trial court granted. The plaintiffs appeal. We affirm and remand for further proceedings.

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