Legal Opinion
Ex Parte James
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 19, 1996No. 1951610PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The question presented in the petition for the writ of mandamus is whether the statute governing venue of quo warranto proceedings, Ala. Code 1975, § 6-6-591, governs the cause below and requires a transfer of that cause from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County to the Circuit Court of Lee County.
A complaint was filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County by Charles Langford, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Alabama Senate; Robert Lowder and James T. Tatum, each individually and "in his official capacity as a member of the Auburn University Board of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reid v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Murphy v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Talton v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Ex Parte Sierra ClubSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
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