The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that personalized license plates are government speech and not subject to the First Amendment's ban on viewpoint discrimination. At the center of the case ...

The State eventually revoked the plate after deeming the message offensive. Gilliam sued state officials, alleging that Tennessee's personalized license plate program discriminates based on ...

A state representative argued that the agency could withdraw their approval if a plate “carries connotations offensive to ...

Tennessee Supreme Court rules personalized license plates are government speech, not protected by the First Amendment.

The Tennessee House of Representatives has passed House Bill 300, a measure aimed at strengthening enforcement against the use of license plate flippers.

Personalized license plates are issued and must be approved by the Tennessee Department of Revenue (TDR), per state law, with the department’s Inventory Unit responsible for screening and ...

Leah Gilliam sued the Tennessee Department of Revenue Commissioner David Gerragano. Gilliam sued the state after her personalized license plate which read “69PWNDU” for over a decade ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an opinion stating vanity license plates in the state are not protected under the First Amendment. The court issued an opinion on Wednesday ...

In 2010, Tennessee resident Leah Gilliam applied to have a custom license plate at the state's DMV. She wanted the plate to read "69PWNDU," a reference to an online gaming term that means "owned ...

At the center of the case was plaintiff Leah Gilliam's personalized Tennessee license plate, "69PWNDU," which she held for more than a decade before the state revoked it in 2021 on the grounds ...