Legal Opinion
Smith v. Potts
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 5, 1974No. SC 824PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEFLIN, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs-appellants John J. Smith and Ginger C. Strickland are residents of Montgomery and Dallas Counties respectively. They brought suit in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County seeking a declaratory judgment that Acts No. 863, No. 1053, and No. 1054 of the Regular Session of the 1973 Alabama Legislature are unconstitutional and void. The original defendants were the members and administrators of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, but the Alabama Wholesale Beer and Wine Association, Inc., the Alabama Retail Association, and the attorney general were…
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