TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 8, 2022

The Davidson County Election Commission will take its legal battle over a 2021 anti-tax hike referendum to the Tennessee Supreme Court after voting 3-2 yesterday to appeal. The referendum at the center of the litigation included initiatives aimed at curbing Metro government's power to increase property taxes, the Tennessean reports. A trial court judge ruled against the commission last June and the Court of Appeals affirmed that decision in March. The Supreme Court previously declined to hear the case on an expedited basis, but commission attorneys say the case poses significant questions of law, which the high court may choose to hear under normal circumstances.