context: Four years later, in 1991, the General Assembly amended the Public Records Act by replacing the phrase "state statute" with the phrase "state law." This Court has since held that the phrase "state law," added by the 1991 amendment, encompasses the Rules of Civil Procedure such that documents shielded by the Rules need not be disclosed pursuant to the Public Records Act.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 924 S.W.2d 662, 662
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents sealed by a protective order entered pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure
citation_a.sentence: See Ballard, 924 S.W.2d at 662 (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents sealed by a protective order entered pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure); see also Swift v. Campbell, 159 S.W.3d 565, 576 (Tenn.Ct.App.2004), perm. appeal denied (Tenn.2005) (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of records protected by Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 16); Arnold, 19 S.W.3d at 786 (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents protected by the work product doctrine, codified as Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 26.02).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 159 S.W.3d 565, 576
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of records protected by Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 16
citation_b.sentence: See Ballard, 924 S.W.2d at 662 (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents sealed by a protective order entered pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure); see also Swift v. Campbell, 159 S.W.3d 565, 576 (Tenn.Ct.App.2004), perm. appeal denied (Tenn.2005) (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of records protected by Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 16); Arnold, 19 S.W.3d at 786 (holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents protected by the work product doctrine, codified as Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 26.02).