Legal Opinion
State ex rel. James v. ACLU of Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 23, 1998No. 1951975, 1960572, 1960839 and 1960927PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Justice.
The petitioner or appellant in two of these four cases is the State of Alabama, upon the relation of Governor Fob James and Attorney General Bill Pryor, and the appellant in the other two is Judge Roy Moore of the Etowah Circuit Court. They seek review of a judgment entered in the Montgomery County Circuit Court declaring certain aspects of Judge Moore’s courtroom decorum and practice to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. We dismiss these four cases.
The events out of which this litigation arose began in 1993, with a series…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stamps v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Brown Mech. Contractors, Inc. v. Centennial Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Ex Parte IzunduSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- State Ex Rel. Baxley v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Reid v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Glassroth v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Ex Parte State Ex Rel. JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Walker v. Capstone Building Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2012
- Sullens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
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