Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Gray
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1970No. 6 Div. 666PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, Justice.
The complainants are five firemen of the City of Birmingham who as such are subject to its civil service law, Vol. 14, Appx., §§ 645-672, Code of Alabama, 1940, Recompiled 1958, as amended. The relevant part of this statute, § 669, as amended, prohibits any employee in the classified service of the city from taking part in any political campaign, except privately to express his political opinion and to vote. “Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to deny the right of a public servant to petition his city, county, state or national government.”
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Waters v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Heck v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Reid v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Shepherd v. ClementsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
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