Tennessee Code 60-1-402 – Restraining violations
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 60-1-402
- Board: means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas created by §. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative of any kind. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order made hereunder, and unless the board without litigation can effectively prevent further violation or threat of violation, then the board, through the attorney general, who may call to the attorney general’s assistance the district attorney general of the district in which suit is instituted, shall bring suit in the name of the state of Tennessee against such person in the circuit or chancery court in the county of the residence of the defendant, or if there be more than one (1) defendant, in the circuit or chancery court in the county of the residence of any of same, or in the circuit or chancery court in the county in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the board, in the name of the state of Tennessee, may obtain an injunction prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions as the facts may warrant.