Jim Robinson v. J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Attorney General of the United States of America, William P. Nunn, Intervenors-Appellants

The only issue presented on this appeal is whether Act 618, Acts of Alabama, Regular Session 1973, commonly known as the Mayor-Council Act of 1973, is a general act of local application and therefore valid, or a local law and therefore invalid because it was not advertised as such pursuant to state constitutional and statutory provisions. We affirm the judgment of the district court holding that the Act is a general law of local application and is constitutional.

This case originated as a class action filed by the plaintiffs-appellees on behalf of all registered voters in the city of…