Redtop Market, Inc. Ex Rel. Bolton v. State Ex Rel. Green

In Tyson v. Macon County Greyhound Park, Inc., 43 So.3d 587 (Ala.2010), this Court held that a circuit court exercising its civil jurisdiction did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over an action seeking to restrain the enforcement of this State’s criminal laws. Among other things, this Court supported its holding with the following observations:

“The general rule is that a court may not interfere with the enforcement of criminal laws through a civil action; instead, the party aggrieved by such enforcement shall make his case in the prosecution of the criminal action:

“ ‘It is a plain…