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SHELBY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ET AL v. GREG GRANT D/B/A GREATER MEMPHIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB, INC.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 16, 2024

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Linda Nettles Harris, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Gregory Grant and Greater Memphis Democratic Club, Inc.

Judge(s): GOLDIN

In response to a petition alleging the violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 2-19- 116, a statute that prescribes a criminal penalty and that this Court has held does not provide for a private right of action, the trial court entered an injunction. The trial court thereafter found that the appellant was in criminal contempt of the injunction and sentenced him to ten days in the county jail. The appellant appeals, arguing, among other things, that the order that he was held in contempt of was not lawful. For the reasons stated herein, we hold that the contempt judgment should be reversed.

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