Doctors Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Woodruff

This is an appeal by six individuals who were found guilty by the Circuit Court of McDowell County of violating the provisions of an injunction regulating the activities of picketers at a strike site. Five of the six appellants were sentenced to the county jail; the sixth, Tom Woodruff, was fined. Among other points, the appellants contend that the trial court erred in failing to make findings of fact or conclusions of law, thereby rendering it impossible for the appellate court to review and consider the reasonableness of the trial court’s decision. We agree.

In initiating this contempt…