ALABAMA STATE PERSONNEL BD. v. Carson

Terry L. Carson, Sr., filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 41-22-20 (a portion of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act ("the AAPA"), a petition for judicial review of an order of the Alabama State Personnel Board ("the Board") upholding the decision of the Alabama Department of Transportation ("the employer") to terminate his employment. After the parties had submitted briefs and arguments, the circuit court entered a judgment that provided, in pertinent part:

"This matter came before the Court for a hearing on the oral arguments of the parties on April 1,…