Gore v. City of Hoover

This appeal involves an action for unlawful arrest brought by Carrie S. Gore against the City of Hoover and Western Supermarkets, Inc. ("Western").

On March 30, 1987, Nancy Vining, in her capacity as a magistrate for the City of Hoover, received a complaint from Sharon Sellers, a representative of Western. Western requested a warrant for the arrest of Carrie J. Gore, alleging that she had presented a worthless check drawn on insufficient funds in violation of Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-9-13.1. Sellers had called the telephone number on the check but the number had been disconnected; she had sent a…