Legal Opinion
McPheeter v. City of Auburn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 23, 1972No. 5 Div. 917PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, Justice.
The appellants instituted a class action in the Lee County Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment to have declared illegal and void Ordinance No. 416, enacted by the City Council of the City of Auburn, on January 20, 1970, and an injunction to prohibit its enforcement.
The trial court denied the relief prayed for by the complainants, and decreed that, under the contentions raised, Ordinance No. 416 offends neither the United States nor the Alabama Constitution, nor the laws of the State which were put in issue. The court held that the complainants, and those of the…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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