Advertiser Co. v. Wallis

This case presents two certified questions from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. This Court has jurisdiction to answer such questions under Article VI, § 6.02 (b)(3), of the Constitution of 1901, as amended by Amendment Number 328. See also Rule 18, Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure.

The certified questions, isolated from the certification's statement of facts, read:

"(1) Was the July 10, 1984, meeting at the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation subject to the Alabama Sunshine Law; and, if so, did the law require that the meeting be open?

"(2)…