Bright v. Calhoun

Four of the nine members of the city council for the City of Montgomery — Cornelius Calhoun, Willie Cook, Janet Thomas-May and James A. Nuckles (hereinafter "the minority") — in their official capacity, sued the mayor of the City of Montgomery, Bobby Bright, in his official capacity, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The minority's action was in response to Mayor Bright's veto of an ordinance containing the City of Montgomery's general-fund budget for the 2007 fiscal year. The Montgomery Circuit Court entered a judgment in favor of the minority, and Mayor Bright appealed. We reverse…