Failure of any witness to comply with the terms of a civil investigative demand shall be certified to the chancery court of the judicial district in which the witness resides, and such chancery court shall exercise the authority granted it by law in the treating of contempt of court matters, including, but not limited to, those powers granted in §§ 29-9-103 — 29-9-105; all to the end that the witness shall be compelled to appear to give testimony at the time and place specified by the chancery court.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-404
Failure to comply with investigative demand
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case McNiel v. Cooper (2007)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel Herbert H. Slatery III v. Chevron Corporation (December 2018)
Acts 1976, ch. 646, § 4; T.C.A., § 8-633.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.