Was Tennessee AG Opinion 16-07 ever issued, or was it withdrawn?

Plain-English summary

Opinion No. 16-07 was withdrawn by the Tennessee Attorney General's office on February 24, 2016. The official PDF posted under this opinion number carries only the withdrawal notice; the underlying substantive analysis (if any was drafted) was never released to the public.

Withdrawal of an AG opinion at the issuing office's own initiative is unusual but does happen, sometimes because the requestor withdrew the question, sometimes because facts or law changed before publication, and sometimes because the office reconsidered its analysis. The Tennessee AG's office does not typically explain a withdrawal in the published record.

Because no substantive opinion was issued under this number, there is no Tennessee AG analysis to summarize for this slot. Researchers should treat 16-07 as a numbering gap rather than a published opinion.

Currency note

The withdrawal notice itself is from 2016, but the underlying question (whatever it was) has no public record. Treat this page as a record of the withdrawal, not as guidance on any legal issue.

Source

• Landing page: https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/opinions.html
• Original PDF: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/ops/2016/op16-007.pdf

Original opinion text

STATE OF TENNESSEE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
February 24, 2016
Opinion No. 16-07

This opinion has been withdrawn.