OVERNITE TRANSP. v. TEAM. LOCAL UNION # 480


172 S.W.3d 507 (2005)

OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION CO. v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 480, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

June 8, 2005.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund L. Carey, Jr. and George Edward Barrett, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellants-Defendants, Billy D. Cullen, Eddie Mims, Isom Folsom, and Kennie George.

James Gerard Stranch, III and Mark Allen Mayhew, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellant-Defendant, Teamsters Local Union No. 480.

Christopher Johlie and Melissa Crawford Mazzeo, Chicago, Illinois, and Kenneth A. Weber, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellee-Plaintiff, Overnite Transportation Company.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine 1) whether a trial court's order declining to hold an alleged contemnor in civil contempt may be appealed; 2) whether compensatory damages for civil contempt are available pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-9-105 (1980 &...

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