Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Bridges
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 2005No. 1041348PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dr. Edwin Bridges, in his official capacity as acting executive director of the Alabama Historical Commission, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss the declaratory-judgment action filed against him by Dennis King. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
This case involves the Alabama Underwater Cultural Resources Act, § 41-9-290 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the Act"). Under the Act, "cultural resources . . . are declared to be state cultural resources subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the State of Alabama." § 41-9-292(a)…
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