Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-3-105 (2026)
Temporary injunction
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) In such proceeding, the court, or a judge or chancellor in vacation, shall, upon the presentation of a bill or petition therefor, alleging that the nuisance complained of exists, award a temporary writ of injunction, enjoining and restraining the further continuance of such nuisance, and the closing of the building or place wherein the same is conducted until the further order of the court, judge, or chancellor.
- (b) The award of a temporary writ of injunction shall be accompanied by such bond as is required by law in such cases, in case the bill is filed by citizens and freeholders; but no bond shall be required when such is filed by the officers provided for, if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court, judge or chancellor, by evidence in the form of a due and proper verification of the bill or petition under oath, or of affidavits, depositions, oral testimony, or otherwise, as the complaints or petitioners may elect, that the allegations of such bill or petition are true.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 4; Shan., § 5164a5; mod. Code 1932, § 9328; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-305; modified.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2021 · leading case: King of Clubs v. William Gibbons, 9 S.W.3d 796 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
King of Clubs v. William Gibbons, 9 S.W.3d 796 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “The issuance of a temporary injunction or prior thereto a temporary restraining order enjoining the use of T.C.A. 29-3-105 which permits a temporary injunction closing a place of business as such injunction relates to the activities of Plaintiff protected by the First Amendment…”
State Ex Rel. Dean v. Nelson, 169 S.W.3d 648 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “§ 29-3-105(a) permits the court to “award a temporary writ of injunction, enjoining and restraining the further continuance of such nuisance, and the closing of the building or place wherein the same is conducted until the further order of the court, judge, or chancellor.”
State ex rel. Gibbons v. Jackson, 16 S.W.3d 797 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “In that order, the Chancellor determined that “lap dancing” 2 constituted an act of prostitution, and he issued a temporary writ of injunction enjoining such activity as a nuisance under T.C.A. § 29-3-105. Additionally, the Chancellor enjoined any “lewd and obscene exhibition of…”
Logan v. Ledford, 699 F. Supp. 141 (M.D. Tenn. 1988). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-3-105. Plaintiff relies in part on Media Gen.”
Cooper v. Parrish, 20 F. Supp. 2d 1204 (W.D. Tenn. 1998). “” The Temporary Restraining Order further provides, “T.C.A. § 29-3-105 authorized this Court to close the Place and any other places from which the place is operated .”
State ex rel. Karl F. Dean v. George L. VanHorn (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-3-105 (a). They may also temporarily close the building or premises where the nuisance is being maintained, Tenn.”
State of Tennessee, ex rel, William L. Gibbons v. Sherrod Jackson, Robert Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Mike Williams, Shirley Blalock, & Steven Craig Cooper (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “” Those issues are: 3 1) Whether the Chancellor erred in determining that “lap dancing” as conducted at the Appellants’ place of business constitutes “prostitution,” thereby subject to a temporary writ of injunction under T.C.A. § 29-3-105(a); 2) Whether the Chancellor’s…”
Brian E. Harris, M.D. v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “4 The court’s opinion refers inconsistently to the date of this letter as either March 16, 2001, or March 26, 2001. It is clear, however that the references to March 16 are the result of a clerical error.”
Lookout Mountain Suites, LLC v. Neal Pinkston (6th Cir. 2021). “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 29-3-105 , 106(c). The state court granted the request, permitting the government to padlock the motel and displace its residents.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-3-105(a): 3 cases
State Ex Rel. Dean v. Nelson, 169 S.W.3d 648 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “§ 29-3-105(a) permits the court to “award a temporary writ of injunction, enjoining and restraining the further continuance of such nuisance, and the closing of the building or place wherein the same is conducted until the further order of the court, judge, or chancellor.”
State ex rel. Gibbons v. Jackson, 16 S.W.3d 797 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “In that order, the Chancellor determined that “lap dancing” 2 constituted an act of prostitution, and he issued a temporary writ of injunction enjoining such activity as a nuisance under T.C.A. § 29-3-105. Additionally, the Chancellor enjoined any “lewd and obscene exhibition of…”
State of Tennessee, ex rel, William L. Gibbons v. Sherrod Jackson, Robert Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Mike Williams, Shirley Blalock, & Steven Craig Cooper (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “” Those issues are: 3 1) Whether the Chancellor erred in determining that “lap dancing” as conducted at the Appellants’ place of business constitutes “prostitution,” thereby subject to a temporary writ of injunction under T.C.A. § 29-3-105(a); 2) Whether the Chancellor’s…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-3-105(a)(1980): 1 case
King of Clubs v. William Gibbons, 9 S.W.3d 796 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “The issuance of a temporary injunction or prior thereto a temporary restraining order enjoining the use of T.C.A. 29-3-105 which permits a temporary injunction closing a place of business as such injunction relates to the activities of Plaintiff protected by the First Amendment…”
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