### IN THE CO URT OF APPEALS OF TE NNE SS EE AT KNOX VILLE Ass ig ne d o n M ay

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MARK H. RUTH, v . ROBI N M. RUTH

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R o b i n M

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M a r k H

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M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N 1

T h i s a p p e a l i s b e f

o r e t h e C o u r t d u e t o t h e f a i l u r e o f a p p e l l a n t t o r e s p o n d t o a S h o w C a u s e O r d e r i n t h i s C o u r t a s t o w h y t h e a p p e a l s h o u l d n o t b e d i s m i s s e d a s p r e m a t u r e

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T h e S h o w C a u s e O r d e r i n t h i s C o u r t s a i d :

T he Co urt of

Appe al s' Rul es pro vide: 1

Rule 10. Me m ora ndum Opini on

(b) T his C o u r t
, wit h the con cur re nce of al l j udges par ti ci pat ing in the cas e, m ay af fi rm,

re verse or m odi fy the act ion s of the tr ia l cou rt by m emorand um opi nio n when a for m al opi nio n woul d have

no pre ced ent ia l value. Wh en a cas e is dec ide d by m emorand um opi nio n i t s h a l l be des ignat ed "M EMORANDUM OPI

NI ON," sha ll not be publ is hed

, and sha ll not be ci te d or re li ed on for any re aso n in

any unr el at ed c ase

.A r e v i e w o f t h e r e c o r d r e v e a l s t h a t t h e o r d e r f r o m w h i c h t h e a p p e l l a n t s e e k s

r e v i e w i s n o t a f

i n a l j u d g m e n t f

r o m w h i c h a n a p p e a l a s o f r i g h t w o u l d l i e

. S e e T e n n

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. " A j u d g m e n t o f c o n t e m p t f

i x i n g p u n i s h m e n t i s a f

i n a l j u d g m e n t f

r o m w h i c h a n a p p e a l w i l l l i e

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n o t a f i n a l a p p e a l a b l e j u d g m e n t

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. T h e c o n t e m p t j u d g m e n t a t i s s u e i n t h i s

c a s e r e s e r v e s " f

o r a p e r i o d o f t w o ( 2 ) y e a r s f r o m t h e d a t e o f e n t r y o f t h [ e ]
O r d e r " t h e i s s u e o f " [ f ] u r t h e r p u n i s h m e n t " o t h e r t h a n t h e t a x a t i o n t o t h e

a p p e l l a n t o f a l l a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s a n d c o s t s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e c o n t e m p t

p r o c e e d i n g s

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A p p e l l a n t f

a i l e d t o r e s p o n d t o t h i s S h o w C a u s e O r d e r , a n d w e o r d e r t h i s a p p e a l
d i s m i s s e d a s p r e m a t u r e , w i t h t h e c o s t o f t h e a p p e a l a s s e s s e d t o R o b i n M

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