Legal Opinion
Woodward v. Roberson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 12, 2001No. 1991066PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This lawsuit arose in the aftermath of the dispute over the 1998 election of the sheriff in Jefferson County. On the Monday after this Court issued its opinion in Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So.2d 1113 (Ala. 1999), and after Jim Woodward had been sworn in as sheriff, Woodward fired Allen Farley and demoted Jim Roberson, both of them Jefferson County deputy sheriffs. Woodward gave as his reason that Farley had pursued an indictment against him and that he could not trust Roberson.
The Jefferson County Personnel Board ordered Woodward to reinstate Farley and Roberson to their previous positions;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eubanks v. HaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- TFT, Inc. v. WARNING SYSTEMS, INC.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- Perley v. Tapscan, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Ex Parte CrawfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- Triple J Cattle, Inc. v. ChambersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
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