Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Alabama Senate
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 6, 1985No. 84-378, 84-383PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDOX, Justice.
The primary issue in this case is the power of the Alabama legislature to authorize the payment to its members of an expense allowance during a recess of a special session of the legislature.
This case was commenced in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, on December 27, 1984, when the plaintiff, Jim Zeigler, filed a complaint against various state officials. The complaint, as finally amended, added two legislators from Montgomery County and the Alabama Senate *915and Alabama House of Representatives as parties defendant. In this last amended complaint, Zeigler prayed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Hall v. BlanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Finklea v. FarishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Riley v. BradleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
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3Cited by3 opinions
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