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Locke v. Wheat

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 30, 1977PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

350 So.2d 451 (1977)

Judson LOCKE, as Commissioner of the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama

v.

William J. WHEAT, in his Capacity as Sheriff of Washington County, Alabama.

SC 2447.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 30, 1977.

W. Scears Barnes of Radney, Radney & Barnes, Alexander City, for appellant.

Edward P. Turner, Jr., and Marc E. Bradley, Chatom, for appellee.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

This case is an appeal from an order granting an injunction restraining a transfer of state prisoners from Mobile County jail to Washington County jail. This transfer was ordered by appellant Judson C.…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Southwest Airlines Company v. Texas International Airlines, Inc. v. Texas Aeronautics Commission, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  2. City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  3. League of Women Voters v. RenfroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  4. Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  5. Adams v. MathisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Ex Parte First Family Financial ServicesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  2. Advertiser Co. v. HobbieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Ex Parte Weaver WeaverSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  4. Monroe v. Harco, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  5. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. NowlinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989

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