Tennessee

Appellate review is available, as the court's decision on the petition is a final judgment on the merits. T.C.A. § 10-7-505(b).

Closed. Tenn. R. Crim. P. 16(a)(2).

The custodian of public records of convictions of traffic violations or other offenses can charge a reasonable fee per copy to defray the costs of producing and delivering the copy or copies. T.C.A. § 10-7-507 (1995).

However, an electric power board was not permitted to charge a requester for costs, totaling $86,400, incurred in notifying customers about whom information had been requested, as it was required to do in accordance with its own privacy policy. The Tennessean v. Electric Power Board of Nashville, 979 S.W.2d 297 (Tenn. 1998).

Yes.

Overview

Tennessee

See Tennessean v. City of Lebanon, No. M2002-02078-COA-R3-CV, 2004 WL 290705, 32 Media L. Rep. 2304 (Tenn. App. 2004)

The question of whether a settlement agreement in litigation against a city is subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act was decided in Contemporary Media, Inc. v. City of Memphis, No. 02A01-9807-CH00211, 1999 WL 292264 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 11, 1999) (No Tenn. R. App. P. 11 application filed). . . .

There is no statutory or case law specifically on this issue.

It does not seem that a court would be a public body or a governing body as those terms are used in the Act. Dorrier v. Dark, 537 S.W.2d 888, 892 (Tenn. 1976).  Access to courts in Tennessee is governed by the state and U.S. Constitutions. Tennessee v. Drake, 701 S.W.2d 604 (1985).

Confidential information of parties to a real estate transaction is closed.  T.C.A. § 62-14-403