Tennessee’s state Supreme Court has vacated a ruling that required police to publicly release their investigation of The Supreme Court did not rule on whether the records can be released, but sent the case back to the lower court for another hearing. has requested that police records which contain video and audio interviews with relatives in the immediate aftermath of Judd’s death not be made public.
Releasing such details would inflict “significant trauma and irreparable harm” on the family, the Judds petition said. It argued that the police investigative files are covered by an exemption to the state’s public records law.Wynonna Judd Opens Up About Her Mother's Death: "I Did Not Know She Was At The Place She Was At When She Ended It"
Williamson County Chancellor Joseph A. Woodruff ruled against the Judd family on Aug. 31, denying their request for an injunction to keep the records private while they pursue their legal case. Woodruff said the records “Do not appear to fall within any recognized exception to the Public Records Act.”
He added that public records include body camera footage taken inside of Judd’s home. But the Supreme Court said on Thursday that Woodruff should not have ruled on which specific records are public and which are private without a full hearing on the issue. The court vacated Woodruff’s earlier ruling and sent the case back to the Chancery Court for a new hearing.
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