Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-109 (2026)
Intent of chapter
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter is intended to provide an additional substantive remedy to protect the constitutional rights of parties and to supplement any remedies which are otherwise available to those parties under common law, statutory law, or constitutional law or under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.
Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 185,s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2021–2024 · leading case: Trevor Adamson v. Sarah E. Grove (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022).
Trevor Adamson v. Sarah E. Grove (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-109 . Tennessee’s Act contains a “burden-shifting mechanism.”
Mitchell D. Horst v. Gary Gaar (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “at 284 (quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-109 ), the fact that a party may file a Rule 12 motion to dismiss and a TPPA petition, see id.”
Robert E. Lee Flade v. City of Shelbyville, Tennessee (2024). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-109 . D. The “Subject to the Provisions of any Statute” Exception In this case, although a hearing on the TPPA petitions had been scheduled, the Plaintiff sent written notice voluntarily dismissing the complaint before the matter was heard by and…”
Nandigam Neurology, PLC v. Kelly Beavers (2021). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-109 . Under the TPPA, “[i]f a legal action is filed in response to a party’s exercise of the right of free speech, right to petition, or right of association, that party may petition the court to dismiss the legal action.”
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