McInnish v. Bentley

In Ex parte Bentley, 116 So.3d 201 (Ala.2012), this Court reversed a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court awarding Hugh Mclnnish $196,625 in attorney fees and costs in his action against the governor, the finance director, the comptroller, and the treasurer of the State of Alabama, all in their official capacities. In reversing the circuit court’s judgment, this Court reaffirmed the rule previously announced in Ex parte Town of Lowndesboro, 950 So.2d 1203, 1211-12 (Ala.2006), in which we stated that “ ‘an award of ... attorney fees and expenses impacts the State treasury and divests it of…