

                                                                       Exhibit 5


                                  May 17, 2000


Covenant Transport, Inc.
400 Birmingham Highway
Chattanooga, TN  37419

         Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Scudder  Law  Firm,  P.C.  has  served  as legal  counsel  to  Covenant
Transport,  Inc., a Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),  in the preparation and
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement
relates to the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), which are to be offered under the Company's
Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"). It is our opinion that:

                  1. The Company is a validly organized and existing corporation
         under the laws of the State of Nevada.

                  2. All  necessary  corporate  action  has been  duly  taken to
         authorize the  establishment  of the Plan, the issuance of Shares under
         the  Plan,  and  the   registration   of  the  Shares  covered  by  the
         Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933.

                  3. Any  Shares  issued  and paid for  under  the Plan  will be
         legally  issued,  fully paid and  non-assessable  shares of the Class A
         Common Stock of the Company.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement.


                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                 SCUDDER LAW FIRM, P.C.


                                                 By: /s/ Mark A. Scudder
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                                                     Mark A. Scudder


