Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 8, 1965No. 181PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*631The Senate resolution is in substance as follows :
“A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA RELATIVE TO S.B. 122
“Question 1. Does the attached bill, S. B. 122, contravene Section 2 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 in that no election of all the people of the city is authorized therein and no representative legislative body is vested with final determination of the question of reducing the city limits ?
“Question 2. Does S. B. 122 vest in the people residing in or owning land in only a part of any cities having certain prescribed populations…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Ensley v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- State Ex Rel. Brooks v. GullattSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Punke v. Village of ElliottIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
- Dearborn v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Dickerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Curtis v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- City of Daphne v. City of Spanish FortSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
- JEFFERSON COUNTY, BD. OF HEALTH v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- City of Birmingham v. GraffeoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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