City of Montgomery v. Collins
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
355 So.2d 1111 (1978)
CITY OF MONTGOMERY et al.
v.
James COLLINS et al.
SC 2481.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
January 27, 1978.
Walter J. Knabe and Randall C. Morgan, Montgomery, for appellants.
Thomas T. Gallion, III, Charles P. Miller, Montgomery, for appellees.
BEATTY, Justice.
The City of Montgomery appeals from an order enjoining it from expending municipal funds for the legal defenses of three Montgomery police officers. We reverse and remand.
The complaint was brought as a class action by James and Margaret Collins, city taxpayers, and arose out of the indictment of the officers on the charge that…
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