City of Bridgeport v. Citizens Action Committee

The City of Bridgeport, Alabama, and Ray Janney, its mayor,1 appeal a preliminary injunction entered by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The injunction was entered following a determination that the City of Bridgeport had failed to meet the requirements set out in Ala. Code 1975, §§ 28-2A-1 et seq. and 11-47-90, and therefore was not entitled to call and hold a municipal option referendum on the question whether to change its classification from "dry" to "wet." We affirm.

The federal decennial census of 1980 determined the population of the City of Bridgeport to be 2,974. Between July 7,…