Geeslin v. On-Line Information Services, Inc.

MURDOCK, Justice.

Kevin Geeslin filed this action challenging a “convenience fee” and “token fee” charged in connection with his on-line electronic filing of a civil action — fees assessed in addition to the statutorily defined filing fee that were mandated by a September 6, 2012, administrative order issued by then Chief Justice Charles Malone. That order purported to make mandatory the on-line, or electronic, filing of all documents filed in civil actions in Alabama circuit courts and district courts by parties represented by an attorney. Alabama’s on-line document-filing system, known as…