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> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996  
 
> From: Katie0015@aol.com 
> To: jkelly@wimsey.com 
 
> Subject: TN RESULTS - Round One 
 
 
 
TENOR REPORT FROM AAC: 
 
On Wendesday, July 24 Judge Nixon (TN Federal Court) turned down all motions 
to intervene in the pending class action law suit filed by the Center for 
Social Justice on behalf of Promise Doe (a Birthmother) and others.  The 
decision was not a surprise to activists as the motions filed were friendly 
and not hostile motions to intervene.  A hostile intervention represents that 
the Attorney Generals office is not adequately representing a particular 
case.  In this lawsuit the Attorney Generals office is working to uphold the 
current Tennessee statute and therefore intervenors are not necessary.  The 
motions to intervene allowed activists to put before the judge good 
information pertaining to open records and to show that the plaintiffs in the 
lawsuit were not representative of a class (birth and adoptive parents and 
adoptees).  Harlan Dotson,III,  representing both the AAC and Tennessee 
Coalition for Adoption Reform, was granted Amicus status (friend of the 
court) which will allow activists to file informational briefs for the court 
to consider. 
 
On Thursday, July 25, the preliminary injunction hearing was held in 
Nashville, Tennessee.  Bob Tuke (representing the TN Adoption Task Force 
which drafted the current legislation)  and Harlan Dotson, III, spoke at the 
hearing and Fred Greenman (AAC Coordinating Attorney) attended the 
proceeding.  Judge Nixon withheld judgement and stated that he will issue a 
written decision in a timely manner.  Those in attendance at the hearing felt 
hopeful about the judge's future decision. 
 
Kate Burke 
TENOR Coordinator 
 
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