ALABAMA DOG HUNTERS ASS'N v. State

This appeal presents a single material issue: whether the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, § 41-22-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the AAPA"), apply to regulations issued by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ("the Department") providing that deer hunting in Alabama shall be permissible in certain portions of the state and for certain periods "by stalk hunting only." The Montgomery Circuit Court, in deciding whether to issue a judgment pursuant to the AAPA in favor of the Alabama Dog Hunters Association and Wayne Raybon ("the plaintiffs") and…