Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority and City of Chattanooga, Tennessee v. Bill Lee, et al.

This is a constitutional challenge brought by the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority and the City of Chattanooga (Plaintiffs) against Governor Bill Lee, Senate Speaker Randy McNally, and House Speaker Cameron Sexton (Defendants), seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The Plaintiffs challenge 2026 Public Acts, Chapter 978, which amends the Metropolitan Airport Authority Act and alters the method of appointing the board of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority. The Plaintiffs allege that the Act violates the Tennessee Constitution’s equal protection, due process, takings, and contract clauses, and alternatively conflicts with federal aviation law under the Supremacy Clause.