Filed Date: Jan. 12, 1979
Closed Date: Jan. 31, 1979
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In 1979, students at the Tennessee Preparatory School filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against representatives of the school, alleging that the defendants unconstitutionally prevented them from communicating privately with their attorneys while in detention at the school. The students were represented by Legal Services of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
On January 31, 1979, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Judge Thomas Anderton Wiseman, Jr.) entered a consent decree, which stated that any student of the school placed in detention should be allowed to confer privately with a previously engaged attorney between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, as well as at other hours during emergencies. The decree stated that costs would be paid by the defendants. We have no further information on this case.
Summary Authors
Kristen Sagar (11/26/2007)
Overby, Russell J. (Tennessee)
Shookhoff, Andrew Joseph (Tennessee)
Doughty, R. Stephen (Tennessee)
Last updated March 26, 2024, 3 a.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Tennessee
Case Type(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Jan. 12, 1979
Closing Date: Jan. 31, 1979
Case Ongoing: No reason to think so
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Student detainees at the Tennessee Preparatory School challenging the policy prohibiting students in detention from conferring privately with an attorney
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Tennessee Preparatory School, State
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Constitutional Clause(s):
Due Process: Procedural Due Process
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration: 1979 - None
Issues
General:
Access to lawyers or judicial system
Type of Facility: