According to a news report from Adam Friedman from the Tennessee Lookout, A three-judge panel has stopped Tennessee lawmakers from taking six seats on Nashville’s 13-member body overseeing its professional sports stadiums.
Earlier this year, state Republican lawmakers passed legislation allowing state officials to appoint six members to a new sports authority board, leaving seven seats, and therefore the majority, in the hands of the Metro Nashville mayor and council.
Friday’s ruling temporarily blocks the state from doing this, leaving the board as it currently stands with members entirely appointed and approved by Metro Nashville.
The sports authority legislation is one of six bills lawmakers passed during its 2023 legislative session targeting Nashville laws and boards.
Nashville’s legal department sued the state over four bills, winning two cases outright and getting two temporary injunctions in the others.