Legal Opinion
Alabama Department of Public Safety v. Ogles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 16, 2009No. 1061539PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOLIN, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether the court in which the underlying action was filed, the Jefferson Circuit Court, had subject-matter jurisdiction over the original complaint. We conclude that it did not.
Facts and Procedural History
On February 25, 2005, Greg Ogles filed a class action in the Jefferson Circuit Court claiming that members of the purported class had been overcharged for duplicate or renewed driver’s licenses by the Alabama Department of Public Safety (“the Department”). The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief and a refund of the alleged…
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