Legal Opinion
Shirey v. City Board of Education of Fort Payne
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 14, 1957No. 7 Div. 325PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
This case was commenced by the City Board of Education of Ft. Payne, Alabama, by filing a petition in the DeKalb County Circuit Court for an alternative writ of mandamus directed toward the appellants, individually and as members of the DeKalb County Board of Education, to require the appellants to deliver to the appellee the supervision, management and control of the DeKalb County High School, which is within the city limits of the City of Ft. Payne, Alabama, a city which exceeded 2500 in population according to the 1950 Federal Decennial Census.
The petition was verified and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Folmar v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Faircloth v. FolmarSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Gainer v. Board of Education of Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- State Ex Rel. Holcombe v. StoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Lamar County Board of Education v. SteedleyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
- Baxley v. RutlandDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1976
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