Chappell v. State

HOUSTON, Justice.

Michael Chappell appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his complaint. We affirm.

On September 29, 2000, Chappell filed a complaint, seeking a determination of whether Act No. 99-321, Ala. Acts 1999, which proposed an amendment to the Alabama Constitution of 1901, violated § 285 of the Constitution. The Act, which was passed in June 1999, proposed to amend the Constitution to abolish the “prohibition of interracial marriages” contained in Art. IV, § 102, of the Constitution. The amendment proposed by Act No. 99-321 appeared as Amendment Two on the November 7, 2000,…