Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Coffee County Com'n
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 14, 1991No. 89-1479PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Coffee County Commission ("Commission") petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals that affirmed a judgment invalidating a local ordinance providing for a county sales tax. We affirm.
On June 2, 1989, a class action suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of inmates incarcerated in the Coffee County jail. The complaint alleged that the condition of the jail facilities resulted in a deprivation of the prisoners' constitutional rights. Acknowledging the need for better facilities,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- League of Women Voters v. RenfroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Phœnix Carpet Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Newton v. City of TuscaloosaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- State v. StreetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Burlington Northern R. Co. v. WhittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Crawford v. SpringleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Densmore v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- J.N.H. v. N.T.H.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Ex Parte Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, LLCSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
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