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Legal team to ask Tennessee Supreme Court to review council-size ruling; timeline described
Summary
Legal counsel told the executive committee it will file an application seeking Tennessee Supreme Court review of the Court of Appeals decision on council size; the state will have 15 days to reply and the Supreme Court has no deadline to decide whether to hear the case.
The Metro Council office said its legal department will file an application to ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals decision concerning council size, and the state would then have 15 days to file a reply.
"The legal department has advised that they will be filing the application to appeal the Court of Appeals decision to the Supreme Court," Margaret said. She explained that the Tennessee Supreme Court decides whether to accept discretionary applications for review and that it is not a by-right appeal; the court has no fixed deadline to grant or deny review.
Staff said the office is engaging in contingency planning while allowing the judicial process to run its course and did not identify a specific timetable beyond the 15-day reply window available to the opposing party once the application is filed. The committee discussed potential next steps and agreed staff would continue to monitor the timeline and provide updates as they become available.
No new filings, dates for hearings or substantive legal strategy details were disclosed during the meeting.
