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JOHNSON v. LEVY

No. M2009-02596-COA-R3-CV.

SARAH ANN JOHNSON, FOR HERSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE LATE CECIL JOHNSON. v. DR. BRUCE LEVY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Filed January 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Pamela S. Lorch, Senior Counsel, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Sue B. Cain, Director of Law, Lora Barkenbus Fox and Jeff Campbell, for the appellant, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.

William Hubbard and William Farmer, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Sarah Ann Johnson.

Frank G. Clement, Jr., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Andy D. Bennett and Richard H. Dinkins, JJ., joined.

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, Jr., JUDGE.

The matters at issue pertain to Cecil C. Johnson, a condemned prisoner who was executed by the State of Tennessee on December 2, 2009, the decision of the Medical Examiner of Davidson County, Tennessee to perform a post-mortem autopsy on Mr. Johnson, and the objection to an autopsy based upon the religious beliefs of Mr. Johnson. The authority of the County Medical Examiner to perform an autopsy on Mr. Johnson, an executed...

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