Legal Opinion
Hale v. RANDOLPH COUNTY COM'N
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 8, 1982No. Civ. 3305-XPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The issue in the instant case can be stated in a simple and direct fashion: can the Randolph County Commission, in the face of a statute authorizing overtime pay for deputy sheriffs, limit the number of overtime hours worked to emergency situations? We conclude that the answer is in the negative.
On May 28, 1981 the Alabama legislature passed Act No. 81-868, which provides in pertinent part:
"Section 1. Any non-elected law enforcement officer in the service of a county who is assigned to duty for more than eight hours during any one day or for more than forty hours during any calendar week…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mobile County v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Shelby County Commission v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- City of Homestead v. WittDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Daniels v. HansonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1975
- Donohue v. Police Commissioner of Baltimore CityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Parker v. AmersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Etowah County Com'n v. HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Geneva County Com'n. v. TiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Etowah County Commission v. GrantCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2007
- Ball v. Escambia County CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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