Legal Opinion

Town of Brilliant v. City of Winfield

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 3, 1999No. 1980856PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This case concerns the constitutionality of Act No. 98-312, Ala. Acts 1998. That Act was a local act annexing certain territory from the police jurisdiction of the Town of Brilliant into the City of Winfield. Brilliant sued for a judgment declaring that Act No. 98-312 is void as repugnant to the law of Alabama and is unconstitutional on the basis that proper notice of the substance of the Act was not given; that the subject of the Act has been subsumed by a general law; that the Act includes more than one subject; and that the Act violates the procedural requirements of Ala. Code 1975, §…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Shelby County Commission v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  3. Ex Parte FosheeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  4. House v. Cullman CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  5. Tayloe v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924

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3Cited by8 opinions

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