Tuscaloosa County Commission v. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n

INGRAM, Justice.

This is the third time these parties have been before this Court. See Ex parte Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, 610 So.2d 1159 (Ala.1992), and Tuscaloosa County Commission v. Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, 589 So.2d 687 (Ala.1991). The entire controversy between them stems from the Tuscaloosa County Commission’s refusal to give the Tuscaloosa County deputy sheriffs a salary increase pursuant to Act No. 323, 1975 Ala. Acts.

This Court in 1991 interpreted the Act and held that the deputies were entitled to the salary increase. Tuscaloosa County Commission v. Deputy Sheriffs’…