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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 21 - Human Rights
Part 3 - Violations—procedures
§ 4-21-314. Simultaneous action in state and federal courts concerning common nucleus of operative facts prohibited.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 4-21-314 (2019)
No employee may concurrently maintain any cause of action in state court under § 4-21-401, § 8-50-103, or § 50-1-304, while at the same time prosecuting an action in federal court based on a common nucleus of operative facts. Upon motion of the employer, the state court shall dismiss any action maintained under § 4-21-401, § 8-50-103, or § 50-1-304, in which the employee is concurrently prosecuting an action based on a common nucleus of operative facts in federal court.
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