Case Name: The PHOENIX GLASS COMPANY v. LOCAL UNION NO. 8381, UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT 20, Theresa Jean DeVincentis, President, et al. Appeal of Dwayne COOPER
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1976-11-22
Citations: 244 Pa. Super. 16
Docket Number: No. 554
Parties: The PHOENIX GLASS COMPANY v. LOCAL UNION NO. 8381, UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT 20, Theresa Jean DeVincentis, President, et al. Appeal of Dwayne COOPER.
Judges: Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 16–26

Head Matter:
366 A.2d 293
The PHOENIX GLASS COMPANY v. LOCAL UNION NO. 8381, UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT 20, Theresa Jean DeVincentis, President, et al. Appeal of Dwayne COOPER.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Nov. 24, 1975.
Decided Nov. 22, 1976.
Thomas H. M. Hough, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Nich Francalancia, Beaver, for appellee.
Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

Opinion:
VAN der VOORT, Judge:
On April 25, 1975, appellant Dwayne Cooper was adjudged in contempt by the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County when he wilfully violated the clear terms of an injunction by preventing a truck from entering a plant. He was ordered to pay costs and a fine of one hundred ($100) dollars and to stand committed to the custody of the sheriff until the fine and costs should be paid. Appellant paid the fine, receipt of which was noted April 25, 1975 by the Prothonotary on the back of the lower court's order. On May 1, 1975, appellant took this appeal to our court. We find that appellant's payment of the fine ended the matter and precludes him from subsequently appealing the judgment of contempt. The appeal is therefore quashed. Reap's Appeal, 88 Pa.Super. 147 (1926).
HOFFMAN, J., files a dissenting opinion in which SPAETH, J., joins.