Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Alabama Bd. of Pardons and Paroles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 7, 2001No. 1001072PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles ("the Board") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its order directing the Board to comply with Grand Jury Subpoena No. 2000-0216. That subpoena called for the Board to produce certain records maintained by the Board from 1997 to the present. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
"`A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that requires the showing of: (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the order sought; (2) an imperative duty on the respondent to perform, accompanied by a refusal to do so;…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. NielsenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Ex Parte McNaughtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Ex Parte Compass BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ex Parte Alabama Bd. of Pardons and ParolesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Ex Parte PerkinsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- James Carnes v. Mary Elizabeth Carnes.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2011
- Ex Parte PerkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
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