Legal Opinion
City of Leeds v. Town of Moody
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 18, 1975No. SC 735PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Justice. *
Appellee, Town of Moody, filed its complaint in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County seeking injunctive relief against an ordinance enacted by the City Council of the nearby City of Leeds. The ordinance in question, Ordinance 395, purported to annex certain real property under the authority of Tit. 37, § 137(1) — (3), Code of Alabama 1940, Recompiled 1958, which provides in pertinent part:
“Whenever all of the owners of property located and contained within an area contiguous to the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality with a population of two thousand (2000) or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- White v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- City of Homewood v. Wofford Oil Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- State Ex Rel. Martin v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- State Ex Rel. City of Birmingham v. City of Tarrant CitySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County v. HudgensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Holt Civic Club v. City of TuscaloosaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Alford v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Maryland Classified Employees Ass'n v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- City of Birmingham v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Ex Parte FieldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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