Jimmy Arnold v. Tennessee Board Paroles

BIRCH, J. Jimmy Arnold and Anthony Evans, both serving sentences in the Department of Correction, filed individual petitions for the common law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County. Each petitioner contended that in reviewing his file for parole the Board of Paroles (Board) failed to hold an open meeting as required by the Open Meetings Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-101 et seq. (1993) 1 Further, each petitioner challenged the substantive basis for the Board's decision denying parole. 2