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Cookeville is fighting to keep the public from knowing what it is doing

Cookeville sued in federal court over fourth amendment violation, unpaid bill
Nov. 9, 1999
  • Another stunning victory for principle:
Cookeville's insurance lawyer files answer in new $400,000 federal civil rights/trespass/contract breach case
 
Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:
'I'm not sure how to say it but you spell it 'c-a-c-o-p-h-o-n-y'
John Duffy, Knoxville insurance lawyer who defends deadbeat,
corrupt politicians and municipalities. 
John Boy, it's pronounced just like it smells

:

Ka Ka Phoney
deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. 

Cookeville City Mismanager Jimbo Shipley could have paid $20 for a subscription to The Putnam Pit, but noooooooo, that would have been honest. Instead, he has hired a fancy-pants Knoxville lawyer to defend his actions -- at your expense.


Fraud upon the court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NORTHEASTERN DIVISION

THE PUTNAM PIT, INC., et al. 

v. 
                                              No. 2:97-0108
                                                Judge Higgins 

CITY OF COOKEVILLE, et al. 

 
 

M E M 0 R A N D U M

The Court has before it the defendants' motion (filed July 20, 1998; Docket Entry No. 30) for summary judgment; their memorandum (Docket Entry No. 31) in support; and the plaintiffs' response  (filed August 10, 1998; Docket Entry No. 36). 
 

The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs' federal claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. 

For the reasons discussed below, the defendants' motion for summary judgment will be granted as to the federal claims. The state law claim under the Tennessee Public Records Act will be dismissed without prejudice.


Depositions [posted July 7, 1998]





 

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