Opinion of the Justices

Honorable Fob James

Governor of Alabama

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Dear Governor James:

The undersigned Justices of the Supreme Court acknowledge receipt of your request for an advisory opinion on the following question presented in your letter of August 4, 1982:

“Does the payment of an increase in compensation to a State official whose compensation is fixed at parity with certain judicial officers who themselves have received an increase in compensation violate constitutional prohibitions against increase of compensation of State officials during their term of office?”

After a careful…