Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-404
Misuse of official information
- (a) A public servant commits an offense who, by reason of information to which the public servant has access in the public servant's official capacity and that has not been made public, attains or aids another to attain a benefit.
- (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2012–2016 · leading case: State of New Jersey v. L.D.
State of New Jersey v. L.D. (2016)
“425 (2015) (Oregon); Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-404 (2015) (Tennessee); Utah Code Ann.”
Duff L. Brumley v. City of Cleveland, Tennessee (2013)
“Brumley’s “failure to notify CID Lieutenant of [his] investigation of Mike Hall and failure to generate a departmental case number”; (2) misuse of the Criminal Justice portal to obtain the personal information of Mike Hall and three other persons, and in disclosing Mike Hall’s…”
State of Tennessee v. Jerome Sidney Barrett (2012)
“See generally T.C.A. § 39-16-404(a) (defining misuse of official information: “A public servant commits an offense who, by reason of information to which the public servant has access in the public servant’s official capacity and that has not been made public, attains or aids…”
Duff Brumley v. The City of Cleveland (2015)
“grounds for its termination decision: (1) [Plaintiff’s] “failure to notify CID Lieutenant of [his] investigation of Mike Hall and failure to generate a departmental case number”; (2) misuse of the Criminal Justice portal to obtain the personal information of Mike Hall and three…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-404(a) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Jerome Sidney Barrett (2012)
“See generally T.C.A. § 39-16-404(a) (defining misuse of official information: “A public servant commits an offense who, by reason of information to which the public servant has access in the public servant’s official capacity and that has not been made public, attains or aids…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-404(b) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Jerome Sidney Barrett (2012)
“See generally T.C.A. § 39-16-404(a) (defining misuse of official information: “A public servant commits an offense who, by reason of information to which the public servant has access in the public servant’s official capacity and that has not been made public, attains or aids…”
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