Legal Opinion
Tucker v. City of Montgomery Board of Commissioners
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 16, 1976No. Civ. A. 74-221-NPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON and VARNER, District Judges. GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This class action concerns the constitutionality of several practices claimed to prevail in the Municipal Court of Montgomery, Alabama, and the constitutionality of Alabama statutes that relate to those practices.
These are the alleged practices in question: (1) requiring a convicted defendant to furnish a surety bond in order to appeal his conviction; (2) payment of fees to the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court in various cases where he has found the defendant guilty or has bound him…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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