Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 22, 1991No. 1900406PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDOX, Justice.
This appeal relates to the power of a mayor in a mayor-council form of city *264government to exercise an executive veto of the city’s budget duly adopted by the city council. The specific issues are: 1) whether a mayor can add or change items in a budget duly adopted by the council on the ground that the council failed to budget for expenditures that are required by law, and 2) whether the city council, by resolution, can approve the expenditure of city funds when the general fund budget has been declared to be invalid.
The mayor of Prichard, Margie Wilson, submitted a general…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- John Deere Co. v. GambleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Advertiser Co. v. HobbieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Morgan Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. Ala. Public SchoolSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
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